List of ferns of Georgia (U.S. state)

This is a list of ferns and other pteridophytes native to the U.S state of Georgia.

Family Scientific name Common names Range within Georgia Conservation status Aspleniaceae Asplenium montanum Mountain spleenwort Mountains G5 - secure Aspleniaceae Asplenium platyneuron Ebony spleenwort State-wide except southeastern Coastal Plain G5 - secure Aspleniaceae Asplenium resiliens Black-stemmed spleenwort Coastal Plain and in limestone valleys of northwest Georgia G5 - secure Aspleniaceae Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhair spleenwort Piedmont and mountains G5 - secure Azollaceae Azolla caroliniana Carolina mosquitofern Native with invasive potential; not recommended for culture. A blue-green algae useful for rice culture grows between its leaves. G5 - secure Blechnaceae Woodwardia areolata Netted chain fern State-wide G5 - secure Blechnaceae Woodwardia virginica Virginia chain fern Common in Coastal Plain, sporadically above the fall line G5 - secure Dennstaedtiaceae Dennstaedtia punctilobula Eastern hay-scented fern Common in north Georgia mountains, south to metro Atlanta area G5 - secure Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum Bracken fern Widespread, but invasive and poisonous, not recommended for culture G5 - secure Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris celsa Log fern Northwestern Georgia G4 - apparently secure Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris cristata Crested wood fern Fulton county G5 - secure Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris goldieana Goldie's wood fern, Giant wood fern Northeastern mountain counties G4 - apparently secure Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris intermedia Evergreen wood fern, Fancy fern North Georgia G5 - secure Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris ludoviciana Southern wood fern South of the fall line, mainly in southwestern counties G4 - apparently secure Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris marginalis Marginal woodfern North Georgia G5 - secure Dryopteridaceae Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern Common state-wide except the pine flatwoods of southeast Georgia G5 - secure Dryopteridaceae Physematium obtusum Common Woodsia, Blunt-lobed woodsia, Cliff fern State-wide, especially northern Georgia G5 - secure Lygodiaceae Lygodium palmatum Climbing fern, Hartford fern Limited populations in the northern part of the state G4 - apparently secure Onocleaceae Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive fern State-wide, but less frequent in southeastern Coastal Plain G5 - secure Ophioglossaceae Botrypus virginianus Rattlesnake fern Northern Georgia, sporadically in southweastern and south central Georgia G5 - secure Ophioglossaceae Sceptridium biternatum Southern grapefern Moist forests, clearings, and old fields G5 - secure Ophioglossaceae Sceptridium jenmanii Alabama grapefern Moist and dry forests, and disturbed areas G3 - vulnerable Ophioglossaceae Sceptridium dissectum Cut-leaf grapefern Moist forests, clearings, and old fields G5 - secure Ophioglossaceae Sceptridium lunarioides Winter grapefern Northern Georgia in old fields, pastures, and young forests G4 - apparently secure Ophioglossum Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon fern State-wide G5 - secure Ophioglossum Osmunda claytoniana Interrupted fern Northern Georgia G5 - secure Ophioglossum Osmunda regalis Royal fern State-wide G5 - secure Polypodiaceae Pleopeltis polypodioides Resurrection fern State-wide G5 - secure Polypodiaceae Polypodium virginianum Common rockcap fern, Rock polypody Northern Georgia G5 - secure Pteridaceae Adiantum capillus-veneris Southern maidenhair fern, Venus hair fern Southwestern counties and a few Piedmont counties G5 - secure Pteridaceae Adiantum pedatum Northern maidenhair fern, Five-finger fern Mountain and southern Piedmont counties G5 - secure Pteridaceae Cheilanthes lanosa Hairy lip-fern Common from the granite region in the Piedmont north to the mountains G5 - secure Pteridaceae Cheilanthes tomentosa Woolly lip-fern Northern counties on rocky, exposed sites G5 - secure Pteridaceae Pellaea atropurpurea Purple cliff-brake fern Mainly in Ridge and Valley counties G5 - secure Thelypteridaceae Phegopteris hexagonoptera Broad beech fern Common in northern Georgia, sometimes in southwestern Georgia G5 - secure Thelypteridaceae Thelypteris kunthii Southern maiden fern Common in southern Georgia G5 - secure Thelypteridaceae Thelypteris noveboracensis New York fern Common in northwestern Georgia G5 - secure Thelypteridaceae Thelypteris ovata Ovate maiden fern Coastal Plain G4 - apparently secure Thelypteridaceae Thelypteris palustris Marsh fern State-wide, in bogs and marshes G5 - secure Woodsiaceae Athyrium asplenioides Southern lady fern State-wide, except pine flatwoods of southwest Georgia Unknown Woodsiaceae Cystopteris bulbifera Bulblet bladder fern Restricted to a few mountainous sites in the northwest corner of the state G5 - secure Woodsiaceae Cystopteris protrusa Woodland fragile fern Northern counties G5 - secure Woodsiaceae Deparia acrostichoides Silvery spleenwort Northern counties G5 - secure Woodsiaceae Diplazium pycnocarpon Glade Fern A few northern counties G5 - secure

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