Checklist of Tennessee Vascular Plants

Pteridophytes

Aspleniaceae

• Asplenium bradleyi D.C. Eaton - Bradley's spleewort

• Asplenium montanum Willd. - mountain spleenwort

• Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. - lobed spleenwort

• Asplenium platyneuron (L.) B.S.P. - ebony spleenwort

• Asplenium resiliens Kunze - blackstem spleenwort

• Asplenium rhizophyllum L. - walking fern

• Asplenium ruta-muraria L. - wallrue

• Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi - Hart's tongue fern

• Asplenium trichomanes L. - maidenhair spleenwort

Azollaceae

• Azolla caroliniana Willd - Carolina mosquito fern

Blechnaceae

• Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore - netted chain fern

• Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm. - Virginia chain fern

Dennstaedtiaceae

• Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore - eastern hayscented fern

• Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn - western bracken fern

Dryopteridaceae

• Cyrtomium fortunei J. Sm. - Asian netvein hollyfern

• Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson - mountain wood fern

• Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs - spinulose wood fern

• Dryopteris celsa (Wm. Palmer) Knowlt., Palmer & Pollard ex Small - log fern

• Dryopteris cristata (L.) Gray - crested wood fern

• Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie.) Gray - Goldie's wood fern

• Dryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Gray - intermediate wood fern

• Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray - marginal wood fern

• Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott - holly fern

Equisetaceae

• Equisetum arvense L. - field horsetail

• Equisetum hyemale L. ssp. affine (Engelm.) Calder & R.L. Taylor - scouringrush horsetail

Hymenophyllaceae

• Hymenophyllum tayloriae Farrar & Raine - Taylor's filmy fern

• Trichomanes boschianum Sturm - Appalachian filmy fern

• Trichomanes intricatum Farrar - weft fern

• Trichomanes petersii A. Gray - filmy fern, dwarf bristle fern

Isoetaceae

• Isoetes appalachiana D.F. Brunton & D.M. Britton - Appalachian quillwort

• Isoetes butleri Engelm. - limestone quillwort

• Isoetes engelmannii A. Braun - Engelmann's Quillwort

• Isoetes melanopoda J. Gay & Durieu ex Durieu - blackfoot quillwort

• Isoetes tennesseensis N. Luebke & J.M. Budke - Hiwassee quillwort

• Isoetes valida (Engelm.) Clute - strong quillwort

Lycopodiaceae

• Dendrolycopodium dendroideum (Michx.) A. Haines - tree clubmoss

• Dendrolycopodium hickeyi (W.H. Wagner, Beitel & R.C. Moran) A. Haines - Hickey's Clubmoss

• Dendrolycopodium obscurum (L.) A. Haines - flat-branched clubmoss

• Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A. Braun) Holub - southern running-pine

• Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub - blue ground-cedar

• Huperzia appressa (Desv.) A. & D. L�ve - Appalachian clubmoss

• Huperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevis. - shining clubmoss

• Huperzia porophila (F.E.Lloyd & Underw.) Holub - rock clubmoss

• Lycopodiella alopecuroides L.) Cranfill - foxtail bog clubmoss

• Lycopodiella appressa (Chapman) Cranfill - southern bog clubmoss

• Lycopodium clavatum L. - running clubmoss

• Spinulum annotinum (L.) A. Haines - stiff clubmoss

Lygodiaceae

• Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. - Japanese climbing fern

• Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw. - American climbing fern

Marsileaceae

• Marsilea minuta L. - dwarf waterclover

• Marsilea mutica Mett. - nardoo

• Pilularia americana A. Braun - American pillwort

Onocleaceae

• Onoclea sensibilis L. - sensitive fern

Ophioglossaceae

• Botrychium jenmanii Underwood - Dixie grapefern

• Botrychium matricariifolium (A. Braun ex Dowell) A. Braun ex W.D.J. Koch - daisyleaf moonwort

• Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. - little grapefern

• Botrypus virginianus (L.) Holub - rattlesnake fern

• Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walt. - bulbous adder's-tongue

• Ophioglossum engelmannii Prantl - limestone adder's-tongue

• Ophioglossum pycnostichum (Fern.) A. & D. L�ve - southern adder's-tongue

• Sceptridium biternatum (Sav.) Lyon - sparselobe grapefern

• Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon - dissected grapefern

• Sceptridium jenmanii (Under.) Lyon - Alabama grapefern

• Sceptridium oneidense (Gilbert) Holub - blunt-lobed grapefern

Osmundaceae

• Osmunda claytoniana L. - interrupted fern

• Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) Gray - royal fern

• Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (L.) C. Presl - cinnamon fern

Polypodiaceae

• Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxiana - resurrection fern

• Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham - Appalachian polypody

• Polypodium virginianum L. - rock polypody

Pteridaceae

• Adiantum capillus-veneris L. - southern maidenhair

• Adiantum pedatum L. - northern maidenhair

• Cheilanthes alabamensis (Buckl.) Kunze - Alabama lip fern

• Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C. Eaton - hairy lip fern

• Cheilanthes tomentosa Link - woolly lip fern

• Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link - purple cliffbrake

• Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn - smooth cliffbrake

• Vittaria appalachiana Farrar & Mickel -

Salviniaceae

• Salvinia minima Baker - water spangles

Selaginellaceae

• Selaginella apoda (L.) Spring - meadow spike-moss

• Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring - rock spike-moss

Thelypteridaceae

• Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaud.) Ching - sword fern

• Phegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt - long beech fern

• Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) F�e - broad beech fern

• Thelypteris noveboracensis (L.) Nieuwl. - New York fern

• Thelypteris palustris Schott var. pubescens (Lawson) Fern. -

• Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl - bog fern, maiden fern

Woodsiaceae

• Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Mert. ssp. angustum (Willd.) Lawson - northern lady fern

• Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Farw. - southern lady fern

• Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. - bulblet bladder fern

• Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell - lowland or southern bladder fern

• Cystopteris tennesseensis Shaver - Tennessee bladder fern

• Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv. - brittle bladder fern

• Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M. Kato - silver glade fern

• Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M. Broun - narrowleaf glade fern

• Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor - Appalachian cliff fern

• Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. - bluntlobe cliff fern

All names follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).

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