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Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes)
Adiantum
Anogramma
Asplenium
Athyrium
Azolla
Blechnum
Botrychium
Cryptogramma
Cyrtomium
Cystopteris
Dicksonia
Dryopteris
Equisetum
Gymnocarpium
Hymenophyllum
Matteuccia
Microsorum
Onoclea
Ophioglossum
Oreopteris
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Polystichum
Pteridium
Pteris
Thelypteris
Trichomanes
Woodsia
Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
Diphasiastrum
Huperzia
Isoetes
Lycopodiella
Lycopodium
Selaginella
Cryptogramma
Rhizome scaly; leaves in loose tufts,fertile and infertile leaves differing (dimorphic), 2-3(-4)-pinnate; veins free; sori covered by enrolled leaf margins (false indusia).
10 species, in Europe, Asia, North and South America. One species in Britain and Ireland.
Cryptogramma crispa
Parsley Fern
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