Home›Ferns and Fern Allies›Relationship to People›Invasive or Introduced SpeciesBrowse ByInvasive or Introduced SpeciesRelationship to people describes how a species interacts with human life, whether it has been domesticated, is farmed or commercially raised, is kept as a pet, is hunted or fished, acts as an agricultural or structural pest, carries disease as a vector, has become invasive outside its native range once introduced, or has no significant recorded interaction with people at all.FactsInvasive or Introduced SpeciesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedSpores 1Invasive or Introduced SpeciesFilter Results17 entriesCommon GroupAllHorsetails (Equisetum) (6)Tree Ferns (1)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (8)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (2)Everyday GroupAllHorsetails (Equisetum) (6)Tree Ferns (1)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (8)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (2)HabitatAllBog (1)Lake (1)Riparian Zone (1)River (3)Temperate Coniferous Forest (1)Temperate Forest (1)Wetlands (5)Where It LivesAllAfghanistan (3)Albania (6)Algeria (3)Angola (4)Australia (9)Austria (9)Bahamas (1)Bangladesh (8)Belarus (5)Belgium (11)Benin (3)Bolivia (5)Botswana (3)Brazil (3)Bulgaria (6)Burundi (4)Cambodia (5)Cameroon (3)Canada (2)Central African Republic (1)Chad (2)China (1)Colombia (4)Comoros (1)Costa Rica (4)Cuba (5)Cyprus (3)Denmark (8)Dominican Republic (2)Ecuador (3)El Salvador (3)Eswatini (4)Ethiopia (3)Fiji (5)Finland (5)France (11)Gabon (2)Gambia (2)Georgia (9)Germany (10)Ghana (3)Greece (6)Guatemala (4)Guyana (3)Haiti (2)Honduras (4)Hungary (9)Iceland (5)India (10)Iran (3)Iraq (4)Ireland (10)Italy (9)Jamaica (5)Japan (11)Kazakhstan (4)Kenya (4)Laos (4)Lesotho (4)Madagascar (2)Malawi (3)Mali (3)Manchuria (7)Mongolia (5)Mozambique (2)Myanmar (6)Nepal (7)Netherlands (9)Nicaragua (2)Nigeria (2)North America (13)Norway (5)Pakistan (4)Palestine (2)Peru (2)Philippines (6)Poland (2)Portugal (4)Romania (3)Senegal (2)Seychelles (2)South Africa (5)South America (2)South Asia (6)Spain (5)Sri Lanka (5)Sweden (2)Switzerland (3)Taiwan (6)Tanzania (4)Thailand (5)Uganda (3)Ukraine (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (3)Uzbekistan (2)Vanuatu (4)Vietnam (5)Zambia (3)Zimbabwe (3)Showing the 100 most common of 126 options.Conservation StatusAllLeast Concern (8)Not Evaluated (6)DietAllPhotosynthetic Autotroph (17)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (7)Terrestrial (15)Living or ExtinctAllYes (17)CITES AppendixAllNot Listed (17)NatureServe RankAllG5 Secure (9)GNR Unranked (3)EcosystemAllEverglades (1)Kakadu (1)Mediterranean Basin (1)TaxonomyAllPolypodiopsida (2)Pteridophyta (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17Boston FernInvasive or Introduced SpeciesCretan BrakeInvasive or Introduced SpeciesDiplazium EsculentumInvasive or Introduced SpeciesEquisetum ArvenseInvasive or Introduced SpeciesField HorsetailInvasive or Introduced SpeciesGiant SalviniaInvasive or Introduced SpeciesHorsetailInvasive or Introduced SpeciesJapanese Climbing FernInvasive or Introduced SpeciesJapanese Holly FernInvasive or Introduced SpeciesMosquito FernInvasive or Introduced SpeciesOld World Climbing FernInvasive or Introduced SpeciesRough HorsetailInvasive or Introduced SpeciesScouring RushInvasive or Introduced SpeciesScouringrush HorsetailInvasive or Introduced SpeciesSensitive FernInvasive or Introduced SpeciesSoft Tree FernInvasive or Introduced SpeciesWestern Sword FernInvasive or Introduced SpeciesSources1. 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.