Boreal Forest

Ferns

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Herbs & Wildflowers

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Graminoids

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Ferns

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Aquatic Plants

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Moss & Lichens

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Mushrooms

This subsection contains a list of ferns found within the boreal ecoregions of Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Scandinavia & Iceland.

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Cystopteridaceae - Cystopterid Family

Gymnocarpium dryopteris - Oak Fern

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution).

Dennstaedtiaceae - Bracken Family

Pteridium aquilinum - Bracken Fern

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world except the Northern Canadian Shield, & Northwest Territories Taiga, and Yukon Interio Dry Forests.

Dryopteridaceae - Wood Fern Family

Athyrium

Athyrium filix-femina - Lady Fern

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution).

Dryopteris

Dryopteris dilatata - Broad Buckler Fern

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world except the Northern Canadian Shield Taiga.

Equisetaceae - Horsetail Family

Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution).

Equisetum sylvaticum - Woodland Horsetail

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution).

Equisetum pratense - Meadow Horsetail

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution).

Lycopodiaceae - Lycopod Family

Lycopodium annotinum - Stiff Clubmoss

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution).

Lycopodium obscurum - Ground Pine

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern, Central, & Midwestern Canadian Shield Forests. Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Eastern Forests-Boreal Transition, Great Lakes, Acadian Forests. Northern Cordillera, Cook Inlet, & Copper Plateau Taiga. Kamchatka-Kurile Meadows and Spare Forests, Sakhalin Island, & Okhotsk Manchuurian Taiga. Sparsely In Siberian Taiga.

Lycopodium clavatum - Running Clubmoss

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution).

Lycopodium complanatum - Ground Cedar

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution). Sparsely in Northeast Siberian Taiga.

Onocleaceae - Sensitive Fern Family

Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Traisition, Acadian, & Great Lakes Forest. Eastern, Central, Midwestern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Ophioglossaceae - Adder's Tongue Family

Botrychium virginianum - Rattlesnake Fern

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world except the Northern Canadian Shield, & Northwest Territories Taiga, and Yukon Interio Dry Forests. Sparsely in Northeast Siberian Taiga.

Osmundaceae - Royal Fern Family

Osmunda claytoniana - Interrupted Fern

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Traisition, Acadian, & Great Lakes Forest. Eastern, Central, Midwestern, Northern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Polypodiaceae - Common Fern Family

Polypodium vulgare - Common Polypody

Scandinavian, & Russian Taiga.

Thelypteridaceae - Marsh Fern Family

Phegopteris connectilis - Northern Beech Fern

Present in every Boreal Forest around the world (Holarctic Distribution).

The plant distribution data listed see here has been verified through discoverlife.org and has been localized using the boreal ecoregions from World Wildlife Fund.

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