Home›Ferns and Fern Allies›Relationship to People›Used in Traditional MedicineBrowse ByUsed in Traditional MedicineRelationship 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.FactsUsed in Traditional MedicineSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedSpores 1Used in Traditional MedicineFilter Results51 entriesCommon GroupAllClubmosses (Lycopodiaceae) (3)Horsetails (Equisetum) (12)Spikemosses (Selaginella) (2)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (32)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (1)Whisk Ferns (Psilotum) (1)Everyday GroupAllClubmosses (Lycopodiaceae) (3)Horsetails (Equisetum) (12)Spikemosses (Selaginella) (2)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (32)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (1)Whisk Ferns (Psilotum) (1)HabitatAllBog (4)Cloud Forest (1)Desert (2)Fen (5)Freshwater (1)Freshwater Marsh (3)Grassland (7)Lake (1)Riparian Zone (3)River (2)Savanna (2)Temperate Coniferous Forest (1)Temperate Forest (8)Tropical Rainforest (1)Wetlands (5)Where It LivesAllAfghanistan (9)Africa (6)Albania (22)Algeria (16)Angola (5)Australia (11)Austria (27)Bahamas (4)Bangladesh (7)Belarus (21)Belgium (29)Belize (3)Bolivia (7)Botswana (4)Brazil (3)Bulgaria (25)Burundi (5)Cambodia (4)Cameroon (4)Canada (10)Chad (2)China (2)Colombia (13)Comoros (4)Costa Rica (8)Cuba (6)Cyprus (13)Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)Denmark (23)Djibouti (3)Dominican Republic (5)Ecuador (7)Egypt (3)El Salvador (5)Estonia (3)Eswatini (7)Ethiopia (9)Fiji (9)Finland (21)France (29)Georgia (14)Germany (28)Greece (24)Guatemala (6)Guinea (4)Guyana (5)Haiti (7)Honduras (5)Hungary (25)Iceland (9)India (8)Iran (21)Iraq (7)Ireland (26)Italy (27)Jamaica (6)Japan (20)Kazakhstan (15)Kenya (7)Laos (4)Lesotho (8)Liberia (2)Libya (6)Luxembourg (10)Madagascar (6)Malawi (5)Mali (2)Manchuria (12)Mauritania (2)Mauritius (6)Mongolia (11)Morocco (15)Mozambique (5)Myanmar (7)Nepal (4)Netherlands (25)North America (32)Norway (26)Pakistan (9)Palestine (10)Peru (3)Philippines (4)Poland (23)Portugal (20)Romania (22)Saudi Arabia (3)South Africa (6)South America (4)South Asia (8)Spain (22)Sweden (23)Switzerland (23)Taiwan (8)Tunisia (8)Ukraine (16)United States (14)Uzbekistan (4)Venezuela (4)Vietnam (3)Yemen (3)Showing the 100 most common of 138 options.Conservation StatusAllLeast Concern (18)Not Evaluated (24)Vulnerable (1)DietAllPhotosynthetic Autotroph (51)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (13)Terrestrial (46)Terrestrial and Freshwater (2)Living or ExtinctAllYes (51)CITES AppendixAllNot Listed (49)NatureServe RankAllG4 Apparently Secure (2)G5 Secure (34)GNR Unranked (2)EcosystemAllChihuahuan Desert (2)Heath (2)Moorland (4)Svalbard (1)TaxonomyAllAsplenium (8)Dryopteris (4)Lycopodiopsida (5)Plantae (5)Polypodiopsida (2)Pteridophyta (19)Show ResultsWood HorsetailUsed in Traditional MedicineShowing 51 to 51 of 51, page 2 of 2.← Previous12Sources1. 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.