Ferns of Wisconsin

Latin Name Common Name
Adiantum pedatum maidenhair fern
Asplenium pinnatifidum lobed spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron ebony spleenwort
Asplenium rhizophyllum walking fern
Asplenium trichomanes maidenhair spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum
(= Asplenium viride Huds.)
green spleenwort
Athyrium filix-femina lady fern
Azolla caroliniana Carolina mosquito-fern
Azolla mexicana floating fern
Botrychium campestre prairie moonwort
Botrychium dissectum
(see Sceptridium dissectum)
cut-leaved grape-fern
Botrychium lanceolatum lance-leaved grape-fern
Botrychium lunaria common moonwort
Botrychium matricariifolium daisy-leaf grape-fern
Botrychium minganense Mingan moonwort
Botrychium mormo goblin fern

Botrychium multifidum
(see Sceptridium multifidum)

leather-leaved grape-fern
Botrychium oneidense
(see Sceptridium oneidense)
Oneida grape-fern
Botrychium pallidum pale moonwort
Botrychium rugulosum
(see Sceptridium rugulosum)
rugulose grape-fern
Botrychium simplex least moonwort
Botrychium spathulatum spatulate moonwort
Botrypus virginianus rattlesnake fern
Cheilanthes feei slender lip fern
Cheilanthes lanosa woolly lip fern
Cryptogramma stelleri slender cliff brake
Cystopteris bulbifera bulblet fragile fern
Cystopteris fragilis northern fragile fern
Cystopteris laurentiana Laurentian bladder fern
Cystopteris protrusa creeping fragile fern
Cystopteris tennesseensis Tennessee fragile fern
Cystopteris tenuis MacKay's brittle fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula hay-scented fern
Deparia acrostichoides
(=Athyrium thelypterioides)
silvery spleenwort
Diplazium pycnocarpon
(=Athyrium pycnocarpon)
narrow-leaved spleenwort
Dryopteris carthusiana spinulose wood fern
Dryopteris clintoniana Clinton's wood fern
Dryopteris cristata crested wood fern
Dryopteris expansa northern wood fern
Dryopteris filix-mas male fern
Dryopteris fragrans fragrant fern
Dryopteris goldiana Goldie's fern
Dryopteris intermedia intermediate wood fern
Dryopteris marginalis marginal wood fern
Gymnocarpium dryopteris common oak fern
Gymnocarpium jessoense northern oak fern
Gymnocarpium robertianum limestone oak fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris ostrich fern
Onoclea sensibilis sensitive fern
Ophioglossum pusillum adder's-tongue
Osmunda cinnamomea cinnamon fern
Osmunda claytoniana interrupted fern
Osmunda regalis royal fern
Pellaea atropurpurea purple cliff brake
Pellaea glabella smooth cliff brake
Phegopteris connectilis northern beech fern
Phegopteris hexagonoptera broad beech fern
Polypodium virginianum common polypody
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern
Polystichum braunii Braun's holly fern
Polystichum lonchitis northern holly fern
Pteridium aquilinum bracken fern
Sceptridium dissectum cut-leaved grape-fern
Sceptridium multifidum leather-leaved grape-fern
Sceptridium oneidense Oneida grape-fern
Sceptridium rugulosum rugulose grape-fern
Thelypteris palustris marsh fern
Thelypteris simulata Massachusetts fern
Woodsia ilvensis rusty woodsia
Woodsia obtusa blunt-lobed woodsia
Woodsia oregana Oregon cliff fern