Ferns

This list is based off of the E-flora BC "Vascular Plant Collections List (Version Dec. 2010) for Vancouver Island". The source is cited throughout this website as [E-flora]

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Species

Name

Family

Status

Hazards

Edible

Other

Medicinal

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Adiantum aleuticum Northern Maiden-hair Pteridaceae Native
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Aspidotis densa Indian's-dream Pteridaceae Native
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Asplenium adulterinum Corrupt Spleenwort Aspleniaceae Native
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Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhair Spleenwort Aspleniaceae Native
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Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern Athyriaceae Native
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Blechnum spicant Deer Fern Blechnaceae Native
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Botrychium ascendens Upswept Moonwort Ophioglossaceae Native
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Botrychium lanceolatum Triangle Moonwort Ophioglossaceae Native
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Botrychium minganense Mingan Moonwort Ophioglossaceae Native
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Botrychium pinnatum Northwestern Moonwort Ophioglossaceae Native
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Botrychium simplex Least Moonwort Ophioglossaceae Native
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Cryptogramma acrostichoides Parsley Fern Pteridaceae Native
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Cryptogramma stelleri Slender Rock-brake Pteridaceae Native
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Cystopteris fragilis Fragile Fern Cystopteridaceae Native
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Cystopteris montana Mountain Bladder Fern Cystopteridaceae Native
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Diphasiastrum alpinum Alpine Club-moss Lycopodiaceae Native
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Dryopteris arguta Coastal Wood Fern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Dryopteris carthusiana Toothed Wood Fern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Dryopteris expansa Spiny Wood Fern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Equisetum arvense Common Horsetail Equisetaceae Native
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Equisetum fluviatile Swamp Horsetail Equisetaceae Native
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Equisetum hyemale Tall Scouring-rush Equisetaceae Native
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Equisetum palustre Marsh Horsetail Equisetaceae Native
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Equisetum pratense Meadow Horsetail Equisetaceae Native
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Equisetum variegatum Northern Scouring-rush Equisetaceae Native
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Gymnocarpium disjunctum Western Oak Fern Cystopteridaceae Native
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Gymnocarpium dryopteris Oak Fern Cystopteridaceae Native
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Huperzia occidentalis Western Fir Clubmoss Lycopodiaceae Native
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Hymenophyllum wrightii Wright's Filmy Fern Hymenophyllaceae Native
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Isoetes maritima Coastal Quillwort Isoetaceae Native
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Isoetes nuttallii Nuttall's Quillwort Isoetaceae Native
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Isoetes tenella Spiny-spore Quillwort Isoetaceae Native
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Lycopodiella inundata Bog Clubmoss Lycopodiaceae Native
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Lycopodium annotinum Stiff Club-moss Lycopodiaceae Native
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Lycopodium clavatum Running Club-moss Lycopodiaceae Native
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Lycopodium lagopus Ptarmigan Club-moss Lycopodiaceae Native
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Ophioglossum pusillum Northern Adder's-tongue Ophioglossaceae Native
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Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis Goldenback Fern Pteridaceae Native
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Phegopteris connectilis Narrow Beech Fern Thelypteridaceae Native
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Polypodium amorphum Irregular Polypody Polypodiaceae Native
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Polypodium glycyrrhiza Licorice Fern Polypodiaceae Native
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Polypodium hesperium Western Polypody Polypodiaceae Native
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Polypodium scouleri Leathery Polypody Polypodiaceae Native
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Polystichum andersonii Anderson's Hollyfern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Polystichum braunii Braun's Hollyfern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Polystichum imbricans Narrow-leaved Sword Fern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Polystichum lonchitis Northern Holly Fern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Polystichum munitum Sword Fern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Polystichum setigerum Alaska Holly Fern Dryopteridaceae Native
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Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Fern Dennstaedtiaceae Native
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Selaginella densa Compact Selaginella Selaginellaceae Native
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Selaginella selaginoides Mountain-moss Selaginellaceae Native
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Selaginella wallacei Wallace's Selaginella Selaginellaceae Native
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Thelypteris nevadensis Nevada Marsh Fern Thelypteridaceae Native
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Thelypteris quelpaertensis Mountain Fern Thelypteridaceae Native
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Woodsia scopulina Mountain Cliff Fern Woodsiaceae Native
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Woodwardia fimbriata Giant Chain Fern Blechnaceae Native
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"As folk medicine, the pteridophytes which constitute ferns and ferns allies, have been known to man for more than 2000 years, and also been mentioned in ancient literature (Kirtikar and Basu, 1935; Nayar, 1957; Chopra et al., 1958; Kumar and Roy, 1972; Watt, 1972; Dixit and Bhatt, 1975; Sharma and Vyas, 1985).
It has been observed that pteridophytes are not infected by microbial pathogens, which may be one of the important factors for the evolutionary success of pteridophytes and the fact that they survived for more than 350 million years." (singh2008)

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