Home›Ferns and Fern Allies›Where It Lives›South AmericaBrowse BySouth AmericaWhere it lives names the country or region a species actually calls home. Wikipedia describes the giant panda as a species "endemic to China," found nowhere else in the wild. This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.FactsSouth AmericaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedSpores 1South AmericaFilter Results8 entriesCommon GroupAllHorsetails (Equisetum) (4)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (2)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (1)Whisk Ferns (Psilotum) (1)Everyday GroupAllHorsetails (Equisetum) (4)True Ferns (Polypodiopsida) (2)Water Ferns (Aquatic Ferns) (1)Whisk Ferns (Psilotum) (1)HabitatAllCloud Forest (1)Desert (1)Lake (1)Tropical Rainforest (1)Wetlands (1)Conservation StatusAllLeast Concern (4)Not Evaluated (3)DietAllPhotosynthetic Autotroph (8)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (5)Terrestrial (6)Living or ExtinctAllYes (8)Relationship to PeopleAllInvasive or Introduced Species (2)Used in Traditional Medicine (4)CITES AppendixAllNot Listed (7)NatureServe RankAllG5 Secure (3)GNR Unranked (1)EcosystemAllAtacama Desert (1)Everglades (1)Kakadu (1)TaxonomyAllPlantae (2)Polypodiopsida (1)Pteridophyta (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8Andean HorsetailSouth AmericaAtacama Desert Giant HorsetailSouth AmericaGiant SalviniaSouth AmericaGolden PolypodySouth AmericaMexican Giant HorsetailSouth AmericaOld World Climbing FernSouth AmericaSouthern Giant HorsetailSouth AmericaWhisk FernSouth AmericaSources1. 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.