| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris australis | Southern Woodfern, Southern Shieldfern | Swamps, bottomlands, mesic forests. | MD south to n. GA, s. AL, MS, w. LA and AR. |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris campyloptera | Mountain Woodfern | Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests. | NL (Newfoundland) and n. QC south to extreme n. PA, and from extreme s. PA south through e. WV and w. VA to e. TN and w. NC |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern | Acidic, organic-rich bogs, swamps, less frequently in moist rocky ravines, rich forests, and sloping rock outcrops. | Irregularly circumboreal, in North America ranging from n. QC west to YT, south to NC, SC, ne. GA, TN, AR, NE, w. MT, and WA. |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris celsa | Log Fern | Swamps, seepage bogs, and calcareous floodplains, typically associated with calcareous substrates. | Ne. NJ and ne. NY west to s. IL, e. MO, and AR, south to SC, GA, n. AL, TN, e. and n. LA, and e. TX (Mink, Singhurst, & Holmes 2011a); disjunct in w. NY and w. MI; overall very scattered in its distribution. Discovered in MS by John Kees (Kees & Weakley 2018). |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris clintoniana | Clinton's Woodfern, Broad Swamp Fern | Acid seepages, swampy forests, red maple swamps. | NB, QC, and ON, south to DE, DC, MD (Somerset Co.), n. VA (Arlington and Fairfax counties), PA, OH, IN, and IL. Reports from GA are based on the misapplication of the name to Dryopteris goldieana by McVaugh & Pyron (1951). |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris cristata | Crested Woodfern | Bogs, swamp forests. | Circumboreal, in North America from NL (Newfoundland) to s. SK and se. BC, south to NC, TN, OH, IN, n. IL, IA, NE, and ID; disjunct in c. GA. |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris erythrosora | Autumn Fern, Japanese Red Shieldfern | Suburban woodlands, especially in ravines and along creeks. | Native of Japan, Korea, and China. Also recently reported as naturalizing in AR (Simpson, Crank, Witsell, & Peck 2008; Peck 2011), nc. NC (Rothfels, Sigel, & Windham 2012), and c. GA (Zomlefer et al. 2018; Umstead & Diggs 2018). This species seems to be well on its way to being an aggressive invasive, likely to be widespread in our area; see discussion in Wyatt (2020). |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris filix-mas ssp. brittonii | Britton's Male Fern | Limestone talus. | NL west to ON, south to w. PA, c. OH, n. MI, and n. WI. |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris filix-mas ssp. filix-mas | European Male Fern | Scoured streambanks in suburban areas. | Native of n. Europe. Reported (as D. filix-mas) as naturalizing in suburban VA (Arlington County and City of Alexandria) (Simmons et al. (2020). |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris goldieana | Goldie's Woodfern, Giant Woodfern | Boulderfield forests, rich cove forests, seepage swamps, especially over calcareous sedimentary or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks. | NB west to s. ON and MN, south to nw. SC, n. GA, TN, KY, AR (Peck 2011), IL, and IA. Previous reports from AL are misidentifications (W. Barger, pers.comm., 2023). |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris hangchowensis | Shaggy Woodfern | Moist forest. | Native of Japan and e. China. Discovered naturalized in AL by W. Barger (pers.comm., 2020). | |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris intermedia | Fancy Fern, Evergreen Woodfern | Cove forests, other moist, rocky forests, over a variety of substrates. | NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south to n. GA and s. MO. |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris ludoviciana | Southern Woodfern | Blackwater swamp forests, hammocks, baygalls. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain species: e. NC south to s. FL, west to s. AL, s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999), and e. LA; disjunct in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of LA and AR (Peck 2011), and possibly disjunct in sc. KY, the report old and somewhat uncertain. |  |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Woodfern | Rock outcrops, boulderfield forests, other rocky forests. | NL (Newfoundland) west to s. ON and MI, south to SC, c. GA, AL, TN, AR, e. OK, and n. TX. |  |
Cite as...