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Phylum
The California elements of this phylum include:
Class Filicinae
Order Ophioglossales
Family Ophioglossaceae (Adder's-Tongue family)
Genus Ophioglossum
Ophioglossum californicum Prantl (California Adder's Tongue)
Ophioglossum pusillum Raf. (Northern Adder's Tongue)
Genus Botrychium
Botrychium ascendens W.H.Wagner (Upswept Moonwort)
Botrychium crenulatum W.H.Wagner (Scalloped Moonwort)
Botrychium lunaria (L.)Sw. (Moonwort)
Botrychium minganense Victorin (Mingan Moonwort)
Botrychium montanum W.H.Wagner (Western Goblin)
Botrychium multifidum (S.Gmelin) Rupr. (Leather Grape-Fern)
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John (Northwestern Moonwort)
Botrychium simplex Hitchc. (Yosemite Moonwort)
Order Filicales
Family Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family)
Genus Asplenium
Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm. (Northern Spleenwort)
Asplenium trichomanes trichomanes L. (Maidenhair Fern)
Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum L. (Green Spleenwort)
Asplenium vespertinum Maxon
Family Blechnaceae (Deer Fern family)
Genus Blechnum
Blechnum spicant (L.) Smith (Deer Fern)
Genus Woodwardia
Woodwardia fimbriata Smith (Giant Chain Fern)
Family Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken family)
Genus Pteridium
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens L. (Bracken)
Family Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Genus Athyrium (Lady Ferns)
Athyrium alpestre (D.H.Hopper) T. Moore var. americana
F.K.Butters
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth var. cyclosum Rupr.
Genus Cyrtomium (1 species)
Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) Presl (Holly Fern)
Genus Cystopteris
Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. (Fragile Fern)
Genus Dryopteris
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulf.) Maxon (Wood Fern)
Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) C.R.Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott (Male Fern)
Genus Polystichum
Polystichum californicum (D.Eaton) Diels
Polystichum dudleyi Maxon
Polystichum imbricans imbricans (D.Eaton) D.H.Wagner
Polystichum imbricans curtum (Ewan) D.H.Wagner
Polystichum kruckebergii W.Wagner (Kruckeberg's Sword Fern)
Polystichum lemmonii L.
Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth (Holly Fern)
Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl (Western Sword Fern)
Polystichum scopulinum (D.Eaton) Maxon
Genus Woodsia
Woodsia oregana D.Eaton
Woodsia plummerae Lemmon (Plummer's Woodsia)
Woodsia scopulina D.Eaton
Family Polypodiaceae (Polypody family)
Genus Polypodium
Polypodium californicum Kaulf. (California Polypody)
Polypodium calirhiza S.Whitmore & A.R.Smith
Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.Eaton (Licorice Fern)
Polypodium hesperium Maxon (Western Polypody)
Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grev. (Leather-Leaf Fern)
Family Pteridaceae (Brake family)
Genus Adiantum
Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) C.A.Paris (Five-finger Fern)
Adiantum capillus-veneris L. (Southern Maidenhair)
Adiantum jordanii C. Mueller (California Maidenhair)
Genus Argyrochosma
Argyrochosma jonesii (Maxon) M.D.Windham
Argyrochosma limitanea (Maxon) M.D.Windham var. limitanea
(Cloak Fern)
Genus Aspidotis
Aspidotis californica (Hook.) Copel.
Aspidotis carlotta-halliae (W.Wagner & E. Gilbert) Lellinger
(Carlotta Hall's
Lace Fern)
Aspidotis densa (Brackenr.) Lellinger (Indian's Dream)
Genus Astrolepis
Astrolepis cochisensis (Goodd.) D.M.Benham & M.D.Windham
(Scaly Cloak Fern)
Genus Cheilanthes
Cheilanthes clevelandii D.Eaton
Cheilanthes cooperae D.Eaton
Cheilanthes covillei Maxon
Cheilanthes feei T.Moore
Cheilanthes gracillima D.Eaton
Cheilanthes intertexta (Maxon) Maxon
Cheilanthes newberryi (D.Eaton) Domin
Cheilanthes parryi (D.Eaton) Domin
Cheilanthes viscida Davenp. (Viscid Lace Fern)
Cheilanthes wootonii Maxon (Wooton's Lace Fern)
Genus Cryptogramma
Cryptogramma acrostichoides R. Br. (American Parsley Fern)
Cryptogramma cascadensis E. Alverson
Genus Notholaena
Notholaena californica D.Eaton (California Cloak Fern)
Genus Pellaea
Pellaea andromedifolia (Kaulf.) Fee (Coffee Fern)
Pellaea brachyptera (T.Moore) Baker
Pellaea breweri D.Eaton
Pellaea bridgesii Hook.
Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata (D.Eaton) D.Eaton (Bird's-Foot
Fern)
Pellaea mucronata var. californica (Lemmon) Munz &
I.M.Johnson
Pellaea truncata Goodd. (Cliff-Brake)
Genus Pentagramma
Pentagramma pallida (Weath.)
Pentagramma triangularis triangularis (Kaulf.) G.Yatskievych,
M.D.Windham & E.Wollenweber
Pentagramma triangularis maxonii (Weath.) G.Yatskievych,
M.D.Windham & E.Wollenweber
Pentagramma triangularis viscosa (D.Eaton) G.Yatskievych,
M.D.Windham & E.Wollenweber
Genus Pteris
Pteris cretica L. (Cretan Brake)
Pteris tremula R. Br.
Pteris vittata L.
Order Marsileales
Family Marsileaceae (Marsilea family)
Genus Marsilea
Marsilea oligospora Goodd.
Marsilea vestita vestita Hook. & Grev.
Genus Pilularia
Pilularia americana A.Braun
Order Salviniales
Family Azollaceae
Genus Azolla
Azolla filiculoides Lam. (Mosquito Fern)
Azolla mexicana C.Presl (Mexican Mosquito Fern)