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 Rainforest (4)Tundra (1)Wetlands (17)Where It LivesAllAfghanistan (16)Africa (8)Albania (36)Algeria (25)Angola (13)Australia (25)Austria (50)Bahamas (7)Bangladesh (18)Belarus (33)Belgium (53)Belize (8)Benin (7)Bolivia (16)Botswana (9)Brazil (8)Bulgaria (41)Burundi (12)Cambodia (12)Cameroon (11)Canada (28)Central African Republic (5)Chad (7)China (8)Colombia (24)Comoros (9)Costa Rica (15)Cuba (15)Cyprus (18)Democratic Republic of the Congo (5)Denmark (37)Dominican Republic (9)Ecuador (12)El Salvador (9)Eswatini (14)Ethiopia (15)Fiji (16)Finland (37)France (57)Gabon (6)Georgia (32)Germany (52)Ghana (7)Greece (37)Guatemala (14)Guinea (8)Guyana (10)Haiti (13)Honduras (12)Hungary (41)Iceland (25)India (20)Iran (30)Iraq (13)Ireland (46)Italy (47)Jamaica (14)Japan (41)Kazakhstan (27)Kenya (15)Laos (10)Lesotho (14)Libya (7)Luxembourg (14)Madagascar (11)Malawi (11)Mali (6)Manchuria (22)Mauritius (9)Mongolia (22)Morocco (21)Mozambique (9)Myanmar (15)Nepal (14)Netherlands (39)North America (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 27Rusty-back FernFerns and Fern AlliesScouring RushFerns and Fern AlliesScouringrush HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesSelaginella LepidophyllaFerns and Fern AlliesSensitive FernFerns and Fern AlliesShining ClubmossFerns and Fern AlliesSilver FernFerns and Fern AlliesSmooth HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesSoft Shield-fernFerns and Fern AlliesSoft Tree FernFerns and Fern AlliesSouthern Giant HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesSouthern Maidenhair FernFerns and Fern AlliesSpikemossFerns and Fern AlliesStaghorn FernFerns and Fern AlliesTree FernFerns and Fern AlliesTunbridge Filmy FernFerns and Fern AlliesVariegated HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesVirginia Chain FernFerns and Fern AlliesWalking FernFerns and Fern AlliesWall-rueFerns and Fern AlliesWater FernFerns and Fern AlliesWater HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesWater SpriteFerns and Fern AlliesWestern Sword FernFerns and Fern AlliesWhisk FernFerns and Fern AlliesWood HorsetailFerns and Fern AlliesWoodsia IlvensisFerns and Fern Allies← Previous123Sources1. 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.