Michigan Ferns Index
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Sorted by Common Name
  1. Blunt-lobed Grape Fern
  2. Bracken Fern
  3. Brittle Bladderfern
  4. Broad Beechfern
  5. Bulblet Fern
  6. Christmas Fern
  7. Cinnamon Fern
  8. Eastern Marsh Fern
  9. Fragile Rockbrake Fern
  10. Goldie's Wood Fern
  11. Hart's Tonguefern
  12. Hayscented Fern
  13. Intermediate Wood Fern
  14. Interrupted Fern Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Interrupted Fern Marquette Co., 6/12/2007
  15. Lady Fern
  16. Leathery Grape Fern
  17. Marginal Wood Fern
  18. Narrow-leaved Glade Fern
  19. Northern Hollyfern
  20. Northern Maidenhair Fern Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Northern Maidenhair Fern Mason Co., 6/28/2007
  21. Oak Fern
  22. Ostrich Fern
  23. Rattlesnake Fern
  24. Royal Fern Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Royal Fern Mason Co., 6/20/2007
  25. Rusty Woodsia
  26. Sensitive Fern Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Sensitive Fern Newago Co., 6/02/2007
    Sensitive Fern Marquette Co., 6/12/2007
  27. Silvery Glade Fern
  28. Spinulose Wood Fern
  29. Walking Fern
Sorted by Latin Name
  1. Adiantum pedatum Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Adiantum pedatum Mason Co., 6/28/2007
  2. Asplenium rhizophyllum
  3. Asplenium scolopendrium
  4. Athyrium filix-femina
  5. Botrychium multifidum
  6. Botrychium oneidense
  7. Botrychium virginianum
  8. Cryptogramma stelleri
  9. Cystopteris bulbifera
  10. Cystopteris fragilis
  11. Dennstaedtia punctilobula
  12. Deparia acrostichoides
  13. Diplazium pycnocarpon
  14. Dryopteris carthusiana
  15. Dryopteris goldiana
  16. Dryopteris intermedia
  17. Dryopteris marginalis
  18. Gymnocarpium dryopteris
  19. Matteuccia struthiopteris
  20. Onoclea sensibilis Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Onoclea sensibilis Newago Co., 6/02/2007
    Onoclea sensibilis Marquette Co., 6/12/2007
  21. Osmunda cinnamomea
  22. Osmunda claytoniana Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Osmunda claytoniana Marquette Co., 6/12/2007
  23. Osmunda regalis Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Osmunda regalis Mason Co., 6/20/2007
  24. Phegopteris hexagonoptera
  25. Polystichum acrostichoides
  26. Polystichum lonchitis
  27. Pteridium aquilinum
  28. Thelypteris palustris
  29. Woodsia ilvensis
Sorted by Family Name
Aspleniaceae
  1. Hart's Tonguefern
  2. Walking Fern
Dennstaedtiaceae
  1. Bracken Fern
  2. Hayscented Fern
Dryopteridaceae
  1. Brittle Bladderfern
  2. Bulblet Fern
  3. Christmas Fern
  4. Goldie's Wood Fern
  5. Intermediate Wood Fern
  6. Lady Fern
  7. Marginal Wood Fern
  8. Narrow-leaved Glade Fern
  9. Northern Hollyfern
  10. Oak Fern
  11. Ostrich Fern
  12. Rusty Woodsia
  13. Sensitive Fern Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Sensitive Fern Newago Co., 6/02/2007
    Sensitive Fern Marquette Co., 6/12/2007
  14. Silvery Glade Fern
  15. Spinulose Wood Fern
Ophioglossaceae
  1. Blunt-lobed Grape Fern
  2. Leathery Grape Fern
  3. Rattlesnake Fern
Osmundaceae
  1. Cinnamon Fern
  2. Interrupted Fern Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Interrupted Fern Marquette Co., 6/12/2007
  3. Royal Fern Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Royal Fern Mason Co., 6/20/2007
Pteridaceae
  1. Fragile Rockbrake Fern
  2. Northern Maidenhair Fern Mason Co., 5/19/2007
    Northern Maidenhair Fern Mason Co., 6/28/2007
 Thelypteridaceae
  1. Broad Beechfern
  2. Eastern Marsh Fern
Resources
  1. University of Michigan Herbarium
    An impressive, comprehensive and superior resource.
  2. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium
    An impressive, comprehensive and superior resource.
  3. Michigan Natural Features Inventory
    Another superior resource as the MNFI... "Contributes to the conservation of biodiversity, especially rare and declining plants and animals and the diversity of ecosystems native to Michigan."
  4. U.S.D.A. Plants Database
    The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
  5. Botanica's ANNUALS & PERENNIALS
    ISBN 1-57145-648-1
  6. Chippewa Nature Center
    400 S. Badour Road
    Midland, Michigan
    517 631 0830
  7. Connecticut Botanical Society
    A comprehensive and superior website
  8. Discovering Lewis & Clark
    by Harry W. Fritz -- good for
    information on Thomas Nuttall
  9. Expert Secrets for Preserving Plants
    by Shawn Carlson, June 1999, Scientific American
  10. Fern Finder
    by Anne C. Hallowell and Barbara G. Hallowell
    ISBN 978-0-912-55024-4
  11. Fernwood Botanical Garden & Nature Preserve
    A Wildflower Paradise located at
    13988 Range Line Road
    Niles, Michigan, 49120
    269 695 6491
  12. Gerald E. Eddy Geology Center
    Waterloo Recreation Area
    Washtenaw County, Michigan
    734 475 3170
  13. Grass River Natural Area
    P.O. Box 231
    Bellaire, Michigan 49615
    616 533 8314
  14. Joan Young's Fern Loop
    A wonderful guide to ferns in Michigan
  15. Michigan Botanical Club
    The Native Plant Society for the State of Michigan
  16. Michigan Flora, Part I
    by Edward G. Voss, Ph.D.
    ISBN 87737-032-X
  17. Michigan Flora, Part II
    by Edward G. Voss, Ph.D.
    ISBN 87737-037-0
  18. Michigan Flora, Part III
    by Edward G. Voss, Ph.D.
    ISBN 87737-040-0
  19. Michigan Nature Association
    A Non-profit Conservation Organization
  20. Michigan Natural Features Inventory
    Another superior resource as the MNFI... "Contributes to the conservation of biodiversity, especially rare and declining plants and animals and the diversity of ecosystems native to Michigan."
  21. Missouri Flora Web Page A superior resource sorting the flowers by color.
  22. Montana Plant Life
    Superior Online Resource
  23. Ontario Fern Glossary
    A commercial website with fern images illustrating basic fern terminology
  24. Parker Mill County Park
  25. Pere Marquette Rail-Trail
  26. Peterson Flash Guides
    by Roger Tory Peterson
    ISBN 0-395-82995-X
  27. Peterson Field Guides
    by Roger Tory Peterson
    ISBN 0-395-91172-9
  28. Saguaro Rare Plant Nursery
    470 W. Five Mile Road
    Whitemore Lake, MI 48189
  29. Seney National Wildlife Refuge
    Seney, MI 49883
  30. Waterloo-Pinckney Recreation Area
Last Updated October 2, 2009.
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