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MONTANA FIELD GUIDE™

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- Kingdom - Plants - Plantae
  - Division - Ferns - Filicinophyta
    - Class - True Ferns - Filicopsida
      - Order - True Ferns - Filicales
        
        Family - Wood Fern Family - Dryopteridaceae
        
        Species
        
        Alpine Ladyfern
        Athyrium alpestre
        
        Other Names: Athyrium americanum, Athyrium distentifolium
        Native Species
        
        Anderson's Swordfern
        Polystichum andersonii
        
        Other Names: Anderson's Hollyfern
        Native Species
        
        Brittle Bladder Fern
        Cystopteris fragilis
        Native Species
        
        Crested Shieldfern
        Dryopteris cristata
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Kruckeberg's Swordfern
        Polystichum kruckebergii
        
        Other Names: Kruckeberg's Hollyfern
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Ladyfern
        Athyrium filix-femina
        Native Species
        
        Male Fern
        Dryopteris filix-mas
        Native Species
        
        Mountain Bladder Fern
        Cystopteris montana
        Species of Potential Concern
        Native Species
        
        Mountain Swordfern
        Polystichum scopulinum
        
        Other Names: Mountain Hollyfern
        Species of Concern
        Native Species
        
        Northern Oak Fern
        Gymnocarpium dryopteris
        
        Other Names: Gymnocarpium disjunctum
        Native Species
        
        Northern Swordfern
        Polystichum lonchitis
        
        Other Names: Northern Hollyfern
        Native Species
        
        Rocky Mountain Woodsia
        Woodsia scopulina
        Native Species
        
        Spinulose Shieldfern
        Dryopteris carthusiana
        
        Other Names: Dryopteris austriaca, Dryopteris spinulosa
        Native Species
        
        Spreading Woodfern
        Dryopteris expansa
        
        Other Names: Dryopteris dilatata
        Native Species
        
        Western Cliff Fern
        Woodsia oregana
        Status Under Review
        Native Species
        
        Western Swordfern
        Polystichum munitum
        Native Species

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