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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(1)Mediterranean Basin (2)Moorland (4)Svalbard (1)TaxonomyAllAsplenium (13)Dryopteris (7)Lycopodiopsida (9)Plantae (10)Polypodiopsida (14)Pteridophyta (54)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Himalayan HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesHorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesInterrupted FernFerns and Fern AlliesJapanese Climbing FernFerns and Fern AlliesJapanese Holly FernFerns and Fern AlliesJapanese Painted FernFerns and Fern AlliesKangaroo FernFerns and Fern AlliesKillarney FernFerns and Fern AlliesKing FernFerns and Fern AlliesKrauss's SpikemossFerns and Fern AlliesLady FernFerns and Fern AlliesLake QuillwortFerns and Fern AlliesLicorice FernFerns and Fern AlliesLog FernFerns and Fern AlliesLycopodium ClavatumFerns and Fern AlliesMaidenhair FernFerns and Fern AlliesMaidenhair SpleenwortFerns and Fern AlliesMale FernFerns and Fern AlliesMarattia SalicinaFerns and Fern AlliesMarginal Wood FernFerns and Fern AlliesMarsh FernFerns and Fern AlliesMarsh HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesMeadow HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesMexican Giant HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesMoonwortFerns and Fern AlliesMosquito FernFerns and Fern AlliesMother FernFerns and Fern AlliesNarrow Buckler-fernFerns and Fern AlliesNetted Chain FernFerns and Fern AlliesNew York FernFerns and Fern AlliesNorthern Beech FernFerns and Fern AlliesNorthern Giant HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesOak FernFerns and Fern AlliesOld World Climbing FernFerns and Fern AlliesOphioglossum VulgatumFerns and Fern AlliesOsmunda japonicaFerns and Fern AlliesOstrich FernFerns and Fern AlliesParsley FernFerns and Fern AlliesPteridium AquilinumFerns and Fern AlliesPurple CliffbrakeFerns and Fern AlliesQuillwortFerns and Fern AlliesRabbit's Foot FernFerns and Fern AlliesRattlesnake FernFerns and Fern AlliesResurrection FernFerns and Fern AlliesResurrection PlantFerns and Fern AlliesRough HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesRoyal FernFerns and Fern AlliesRunning Club MossFerns and Fern AlliesRusty WoodsiaFerns and Fern AlliesRustyback 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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.