Family
|
Scientific name
|
Common names
|
Range within Georgia
|
Conservation status
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Aspleniaceae
|
Asplenium montanum
[1]: 9
|
Mountain spleenwort
|
Mountains
|
G5 - secure
|
Aspleniaceae
|
Asplenium platyneuron
[1]: 9
|
Ebony spleenwort
|
State-wide except southeastern Coastal Plain
|
G5 - secure
|
Aspleniaceae
|
Asplenium resiliens
[1]: 10
|
Black-stemmed spleenwort
|
Coastal Plain and in limestone valleys of northwest Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Aspleniaceae
|
Asplenium trichomanes
[1]: 10
|
Maidenhair spleenwort
|
Piedmont and mountains
|
G5 - secure
|
Azollaceae
|
Azolla caroliniana
[1]: 10
|
Carolina mosquitofern
|
Native with invasive potential; not recommended for culture. A blue-green algae useful for rice culture grows between its leaves.
|
G5 - secure
|
Blechnaceae
|
Woodwardia areolata
[1]: 11
|
Netted chain fern
|
State-wide
|
G5 - secure
|
Blechnaceae
|
Woodwardia virginica
[1]: 11
|
Virginia chain fern
|
Common in Coastal Plain, sporadically above the fall line
|
G5 - secure
|
Dennstaedtiaceae
|
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
[1]: 12
|
Eastern hay-scented fern
|
Common in north Georgia mountains, south to metro Atlanta area
|
G5 - secure
|
Dennstaedtiaceae
|
Pteridium aquilinum
[1]: 12
|
Bracken fern
|
Widespread, but invasive and poisonous, not recommended for culture
|
G5 - secure
|
Dryopteridaceae
|
Dryopteris celsa
[1]: 13
|
Log fern
|
Northwestern Georgia
|
G4 - apparently secure
|
Dryopteridaceae
|
Dryopteris cristata
[1]: 13
|
Crested wood fern
|
Fulton county
|
G5 - secure
|
Dryopteridaceae
|
Dryopteris goldieana
[1]: 13
|
Goldie's wood fern,
Giant wood fern
|
Northeastern mountain counties
|
G4 - apparently secure
|
Dryopteridaceae
|
Dryopteris intermedia
[1]: 14
|
Evergreen wood fern,
Fancy fern
|
North Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Dryopteridaceae
|
Dryopteris ludoviciana
[1]: 14
|
Southern wood fern
|
South of the fall line, mainly in southwestern counties
|
G4 - apparently secure
|
Dryopteridaceae
|
Dryopteris marginalis
[1]: 14
|
Marginal woodfern
|
North Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Dryopteridaceae
|
Polystichum acrostichoides
[1]: 15
|
Christmas fern
|
Common state-wide except the pine flatwoods of southeast Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Dryopteridaceae
|
Physematium obtusum
[1]: 15
|
Common Woodsia,
Blunt-lobed woodsia,
Cliff fern
|
State-wide, especially northern Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Lygodiaceae
|
Lygodium palmatum
[1]: 32
|
Climbing fern,
Hartford fern
|
Limited populations in the northern part of the state
|
G4 - apparently secure
|
Onocleaceae
|
Onoclea sensibilis
[1]: 33
|
Sensitive fern
|
State-wide, but less frequent in southeastern Coastal Plain
|
G5 - secure
|
Ophioglossaceae
|
Botrypus virginianus
[1]: 33
|
Rattlesnake fern
|
Northern Georgia, sporadically in southweastern and south central Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Ophioglossaceae
|
Sceptridium biternatum
[1]: 34
|
Southern grapefern
|
Moist forests, clearings, and old fields
|
G5 - secure
|
Ophioglossaceae
|
Sceptridium jenmanii
[1]: 34
|
Alabama grapefern
|
Moist and dry forests, and disturbed areas
|
G3 - vulnerable
|
Ophioglossaceae
|
Sceptridium dissectum
[1]: 34
|
Cut-leaf grapefern
|
Moist forests, clearings, and old fields
|
G5 - secure
|
Ophioglossaceae
|
Sceptridium lunarioides
[1]: 34
|
Winter grapefern
|
Northern Georgia in old fields, pastures, and young forests
|
G4 - apparently secure
|
Ophioglossum
|
Osmunda cinnamomea
[1]: 35
|
Cinnamon fern
|
State-wide
|
G5 - secure
|
Ophioglossum
|
Osmunda claytoniana
[1]: 35
|
Interrupted fern
|
Northern Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Ophioglossum
|
Osmunda regalis
[1]: 36
|
Royal fern
|
State-wide
|
G5 - secure
|
Polypodiaceae
|
Pleopeltis polypodioides
[1]: 36
|
Resurrection fern
|
State-wide
|
G5 - secure
|
Polypodiaceae
|
Polypodium virginianum
[1]: 37
|
Common rockcap fern,
Rock polypody
|
Northern Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Pteridaceae
|
Adiantum capillus-veneris
[1]: 37
|
Southern maidenhair fern,
Venus hair fern
|
Southwestern counties and a few Piedmont counties
|
G5 - secure
|
Pteridaceae
|
Adiantum pedatum
[1]: 38
|
Northern maidenhair fern,
Five-finger fern
|
Mountain and southern Piedmont counties
|
G5 - secure
|
Pteridaceae
|
Cheilanthes lanosa
[1]: 38
|
Hairy lip-fern
|
Common from the granite region in the Piedmont north to the mountains
|
G5 - secure
|
Pteridaceae
|
Cheilanthes tomentosa
[1]: 39
|
Woolly lip-fern
|
Northern counties on rocky, exposed sites
|
G5 - secure
|
Pteridaceae
|
Pellaea atropurpurea
[1]: 39
|
Purple cliff-brake fern
|
Mainly in Ridge and Valley counties
|
G5 - secure
|
Thelypteridaceae
|
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
[1]: 40
|
Broad beech fern
|
Common in northern Georgia, sometimes in southwestern Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Thelypteridaceae
|
Thelypteris kunthii
[1]: 40
|
Southern maiden fern
|
Common in southern Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Thelypteridaceae
|
Thelypteris noveboracensis
[1]: 41
|
New York fern
|
Common in northwestern Georgia
|
G5 - secure
|
Thelypteridaceae
|
Thelypteris ovata
[1]: 41
|
Ovate maiden fern
|
Coastal Plain
|
G4 - apparently secure
|
Thelypteridaceae
|
Thelypteris palustris
[1]: 41
|
Marsh fern
|
State-wide, in bogs and marshes
|
G5 - secure
|
Woodsiaceae
|
Athyrium asplenioides
[1]: 42
|
Southern lady fern
|
State-wide, except pine flatwoods of southwest Georgia
|
Unknown
|
Woodsiaceae
|
Cystopteris bulbifera
[1]: 42
|
Bulblet bladder fern
|
Restricted to a few mountainous sites in the northwest corner of the state
|
G5 - secure
|
Woodsiaceae
|
Cystopteris protrusa
[1]: 43
|
Woodland fragile fern
|
Northern counties
|
G5 - secure
|
Woodsiaceae
|
Deparia acrostichoides
[1]: 43
|
Silvery spleenwort
|
Northern counties
|
G5 - secure
|
Woodsiaceae
|
Diplazium pycnocarpon
[1]: 43
|
Glade Fern
|
A few northern counties
|
G5 - secure
|