Home›Ferns and Fern Allies›All Ferns and Fern AlliesBrowse ByAll Ferns and Fern AlliesReference and ClassificationVerifiedDivision Pteridophyta and its close relatives: vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds, including ferns, horsetails and club mosses. Excludes mosses and liverworts, which lack the vascular tissue that carries water and nutrients through a fern.FactsAll Ferns and Fern AlliesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedSpores 1All Ferns and Fern AlliesFilter Results127 entriesCommon GroupAllClubmosses (Lycopodiaceae) (5)Horsetails (Equisetum) (22)Other Fern Allies (1)Spikemosses (Selaginella) (4)Tree Ferns (7)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (82)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (5)Whisk Ferns (Psilotum) (1)Everyday GroupAllClubmosses (Lycopodiaceae) (5)Horsetails (Equisetum) (22)Other Fern Allies (1)Spikemosses (Selaginella) (4)Tree Ferns (7)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (82)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (5)Whisk Ferns (Psilotum) (1)HabitatAllAlpine (2)Bog (8)Cloud Forest (1)Desert (3)Fen (6)Freshwater (2)Freshwater Marsh (3)Freshwater Swamp Forest (1)Grassland (7)Lake (4)Riparian Zone (4)River (9)Savanna (2)Temperate Coniferous Forest (6)Temperate Forest (13)Temperate Rainforest (1)Tropical 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(71)Norway (46)Pakistan (18)Palestine (12)Peru (7)Philippines (11)Poland (34)Portugal (29)Romania (34)South Africa (12)South America (8)South Asia (16)Spain (34)Sri Lanka (6)Sweden (34)Switzerland (36)Taiwan (18)Tanzania (8)Thailand (10)Tunisia (10)Ukraine (25)United States (32)Uzbekistan (7)Vietnam (11)Zimbabwe (6)Showing the 100 most common of 172 options.Conservation StatusAllLeast Concern (33)Near Threatened (1)Not Evaluated (65)Vulnerable (1)DietAllPhotosynthetic Autotroph (127)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (27)Terrestrial (112)Terrestrial and Freshwater (2)Living or ExtinctAllYes (127)Relationship to PeopleAllEaten or Drunk by People (15)Farmed or Commercially Raised (2)Invasive or Introduced Species (17)Source of Dye (1)Source of Fibre (2)Used in Traditional Medicine (51)CITES AppendixAllAppendix II (5)Not Listed (110)NatureServe RankAllG4 Apparently Secure (8)G5 Secure (66)GNR Unranked (7)EcosystemAllAtacama Desert (1)Chihuahuan Desert (2)Everglades (1)Heath (2)Kakadu (1)Mediterranean Basin (2)Moorland (4)Svalbard (1)TaxonomyAllAsplenium (13)Dryopteris (7)Lycopodiopsida (9)Plantae (10)Polypodiopsida (14)Pteridophyta (54)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Adder's Tongue FernFerns and Fern AlliesAdiantum Capillus-VenerisFerns and Fern AlliesAlpine WoodsiaFerns and Fern AlliesAmerican Climbing FernFerns and Fern AlliesAndean HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesAsplenium NidusFerns and Fern AlliesAtacama Desert Giant HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesAustralian Tree FernFerns and Fern AlliesAutumn FernFerns and Fern AlliesBird's Nest FernFerns and Fern AlliesBlack SpleenwortFerns and Fern AlliesBlechnum Novae-zelandiaeFerns and Fern AlliesBoston FernFerns and Fern AlliesBrackenFerns and Fern AlliesBranched HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesBrittle Bladder FernFerns and Fern AlliesBroad Beech FernFerns and Fern AlliesBroad Buckler-fernFerns and Fern AlliesBulblet FernFerns and Fern AlliesCeratopteris RichardiiFerns and Fern AlliesChristmas FernFerns and Fern AlliesCinnamon FernFerns and Fern AlliesCommon PolypodyFerns and Fern AlliesCoral FernFerns and Fern AlliesCrested Wood FernFerns and Fern AlliesCretan BrakeFerns and Fern AlliesCyathea AustralisFerns and Fern AlliesCyathea MedullarisFerns and Fern AlliesDeer FernFerns and Fern AlliesDiplazium EsculentumFerns and Fern AlliesDwarf HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesEbony SpleenwortFerns and Fern AlliesElkhorn FernFerns and Fern AlliesEquisetum ArvenseFerns and Fern AlliesEquisetum palustreFerns and Fern AlliesEuropean Chain FernFerns and Fern AlliesEuropean Water CloverFerns and Fern AlliesField HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesFir ClubmossFerns and Fern AlliesForked SpleenwortFerns and Fern AlliesGiant Chain FernFerns and Fern AlliesGiant SalviniaFerns and Fern AlliesGolden PolypodyFerns and Fern AlliesGreat HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesGreen SpleenwortFerns and Fern AlliesGroundcedarFerns and Fern AlliesHard FernFerns and Fern AlliesHart's Tongue FernFerns and Fern AlliesHawaiian Tree FernFerns and Fern AlliesHay-scented FernFerns and Fern Allies123Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Ferntier 2WikipediaFern, lead sectionQuote, Fern, lead sectionFerns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.