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Ferns & Horsetails: Phylum Pteridophyta

The term "pteridophyte" has traditionally been used to describe all seedless vascular
plants, making it synonymous with "ferns and fern allies". The group is also referred to as
Polypodiophyta, or Polypodiopsida when treated as a subdivision of tracheophyta (vascular plants).

Families:
    Dryopteridaceae -- Wood Ferns
    Polypodiaceae -- Polypody Ferns
    Pteridaceae -- Brake or Maiden-hair Ferns
    Equisetaceae -- Horsetails

Maiden-hair Fern, Adiantum jordanii
Maiden-hair Fern, Adiantum jordanii		 Water Fern, Azolla filiculoides, Duckweed
Water Fern, Azolla filiculoides, Duckweed		 Coastal Wood Fern, Dryopteris arguta
Coastal Wood Fern, Dryopteris arguta
Coffee Fern, Pellaea andromedifolia
Coffee Fern, Pellaea andromedifolia		 Coffee Fern, Pellaea andromedifolia
Coffee Fern, Pellaea andromedifolia 		Coffee Fern, Pellaea andromedifolia
Coffee Fern, Pellaea andromedifolia
Goldback Fern, Pentagramma triangularis
Goldback Fern, Pentagramma triangularis		 California Polypody, Polypodium californicum
California Polypody, Polypodium californicum		 Western Chain Fern, Woodwardia fimbriata
Western Chain Fern, Woodwardia fimbriata

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