Vascular Cryptogams of Wisconsin

Note: relationships and classification of ferns and their allies are in a state of flux and the system given here will be largely changed in the future.

Reference: Peck, James H. and W. Carl Taylor. 1980. Check list and distributions of Wisconsin ferns and fern allies. The Michigan Botanist 19(4): 251-268.

 

 

Phylum LYCOPODIOPHYTA

   LYCOPODIACEAE

Lycopodium annotinum - stiff clubmoss
Lycopodium clavatum - running clubmoss
Lycopodium complanatum - flat-branched clubmoss
Lycopodium dendroideum (L. obscurum var. d.) - round-branched groundpine
Lycopodium digitatum (L. complanatum var. flabelliforme) - crowfoot clubmoss
Lycopodium inundatum - bog clubmoss
Lycopodium lucidulum - shining clubmoss
Lycopodium obscurum var. isophyllum - intermediate groundpine
Lycopodium obscurum var. obscurum - flat-branched groundpine
Lycopodium porophilum (L. selago var. patens) - rock clubmoss
Lycopodium selago - fir clubmoss
Lycopodium tristachyum - ground-cedar clubmoss
var. flabelliforme) - crowfoot clubmoss
Lycopodium inundatum - bog clubmoss
Lycopodium lucidulum - shining clubmoss
Lycopodium obscurum var. isophyllum - intermediate groundpine
Lycopodium obscurum var. obscurum - flat-branched groundpine
Lycopodium porophilum (L. selago var. patens) - rock clubmoss
Lycopodium selago - fir clubmoss
Lycopodium tristachyum - ground-cedar clubmoss

   SELAGINELLACEAE

Selaginella eclipes (S. apoda) - northern meadow spikemoss
Selaginella rupestris - rock spikemoss
Selaginella selaginoides - northern spikemoss

   ISOETACEAE

Isoetes echinospora (I. muricata) - spiny-spored quillwort
Isoetes macrospora - lake quillwort

 

 

Phylum EQUISETOPHYTA

   EQUISETACEAE

Equisetum arvense - field horsetail
Equisetum fluviatile - water horsetail
Equisetum hyemale var. affine - common scouring-rush
Equisetum laevigatum (E. kansanum) - smooth scouring-rush
Equisetum palustre - marsh horsetail
Equisetum pratense - meadow horsetail
Equisetum scirpoides - dwarf scouring-rush
Equisetum sylvaticum - woodland horsetail
Equisetum variegatum - variegated scouring-rush

 

 

Phylum POLYPODIOPHYTA

   OPHIOGLOSSACEAE

Botrychium dissectum f. dissectum - dissected grape fern
Botrychium dissectum f. obliquum - oblique grape fern
Botrychium lanceolatum var. angustisegmentum - triangle grape fern
Botrychium lunaria - moonwort
Botrychium matricariifolium - daisy-leaved grape fern
Botrychium minganense (B. lunaria var. m.) - Mingan moonwort
Botrychium mormo - goblin fern
Botrychium multifidum - leather-leaved grape fern
Botrychium oneidense - blunt-lobed grape fern
Botrychium simplex - least moonwort
Botrychium ternatum - ternate grape fern
Botrychium virginianum - rattlesnake fern

Ophioglossum vulgatum var. pseudopodum - northern adder's-tongue fern

   OSMUNDACEAE

Osmunda cinnamomea - cinnamon fern
Osmunda claytoniana - interrupted fern
Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis - American royal fern

   ADIANTACEAE

Adiantum pedatum - northern maidenhair fern

Cheilanthes feei - slender lip fern
Cheilanthes lanosa (C. vestita) - hairy lip fern

Cryptogramma stelleri - slender cliff-brake fern

Pellaea atropurpurea - purple cliff-brake fern
Pellaea glabella - smooth cliff-brake fern

   POLYPODIACEAE

Polypodium virginianum - common polypody, rock-cap fern

   DENNSTAEDTIACEAE

Dennstaedtia punctilobula - hay-scented fern

Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum - bracken fern

   THELYPTERIDACEAE

Phegopteris connectilis (Dryopteris phegopteris, Thelypteris p.) - long beech fern, northern beech fern
Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Drypopteris h., Thelypteris h.) - broad beech fern

Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens (Dryopteris thelypteris var. pubescens) - marsh fern
Thelypteris simulata (Dryopteris s.) - Massachusetts fern

   ASPLENIACEAE

Asplenium platyneuron - ebony spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes - maidenhair spleenwort
Asplenium viride - green spleenwort

Asplenosorus pinnatifidus (Asplenium p.) - lobed spleenwort

Athyrium angustum (A. filix-femina var. michauxii) - northeastern lady fern
Athyrium pycnocarpon - glade fern
Athyrium thelypterioides - silvery glade fern

Camptosorus rhizophyllus - walking fern

Cystopteris bulbifera - bulblet fragile fern
Cystopteris fragilis var. fragilis - northern fragile fern
Cystopteris fragilis var. mackayi - Mackay's fragile fern
Cystopteris protrusa (C. fragilis var. p.) - creeping fragile fern

Dryopteris clintoniana (D. cristata var. c.) - Clinton's wood fern
Dryopteris cristata - crested wood fern
Dryopteris expansa (D. spinulosa var. americana, D. austriaca var. austriaca) - spreading wood fern
Dryopteris felix-mas - male fern
Dryopteris fragrans var. remotiuscula - fragrant fern
Dryopteris goldiana - Goldie's fern
Dryopteris intermedia (D. spinulosa var. i., D. austriaca var. i.) - glandular wood fern
Dryopteris marginalis - marginal wood fern
Dryopteris spinulosa (D. austriaca var. s.) - spinulose wood fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris (Dryopteris disjuncta) - oak fern
Gymnocarpium robertianum (Dryopteris r.) - limestone oak fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (Pteretis p.) - American ostrich fern

Onoclea sensibilis - sensitive fern

Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas fern
Polystichum braunii - Braun's holly fern

Woodsia ilvensis - rusty cliff fern
Woodsia obtusa - blunt-lobed cliff fern
Woodsia oregana (W. cathcartiana, W. o. var. c.) - western cliff fern

   AZOLLACEAE

Azolla mexicana (A. caroliniana) - mosquito fern