Ferns of Soldiers Delight
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Soldiers Delight
Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area is a nature reserve near Owings Mills in western Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. The site is designated both a Maryland Wildland and a Natural Environment Area and is part of the Maryland Wildlands Preservation System...
, consists of about 1900 acres (7.7 km²) of land in Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County is a county located in the northern part of the US state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 805,029. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Towson. The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland...
, USA. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/soldiers.html http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/soldiersguide.html
http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/features/soldiers.html Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA contains a serpentine
Serpentine soil
A serpentine soil is derived from ultramafic rocks, in particular serpentinite, a rock formed by the hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth's mantle....
barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants.http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/abstract_18946.htm http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/serpentine.asp
The following list of clubmosses, spikemosses, horsetails and ferns comes from the publications by [F] Fleming et al. 1995, [M] Monteferrante 1973, [R] Reed 1984, [We] Wennerstrom 1995, and the unpublished data by [Wo] Worthley 1955-1985.
Division LycopodiophytaLycopodiophytaThe Division Lycopodiophyta is a tracheophyte subdivision of the Kingdom Plantae. It is the oldest extant vascular plant division at around 410 million years old, and includes some of the most "primitive" extant species...
LycopodiaceaeLycopodiaceae
The Lycopodiaceae is a family of primitive vascular plants, including all of the core clubmosses. These plants bear spores on specialized structures at the apex of a shoot; they resemble a tiny battle club, from which the common name derives...
(Clubmoss Family)
- Diphasiastrum complanatumDiphasiastrum complanatumDiphasiastrum complanatum Holub is a species of clubmoss native to dry coniferous forests throughout the Holarctic Kingdom...
(L.) Holub. - Northern Running-pine, Flat-stemmed Clubmoss, Ground Cedar [We, Wo]
- Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub - Blue Clubmoss, Blue Ground-cedar [Wo]
- Huperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevisan - Shining firmossShining firmossHuperzia lucidula, shining firmoss or shining clubmoss, is a bright evergreen, rhizomatous clubmoss of the genus Huperzia....
, Shining Clubmoss [Wo]
- Lycopodium clavatumLycopodium clavatumLycopodium clavatum is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium of the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae....
L. - Stag's-horn Clubmoss, Ground Pine [Wo]
- Lycopodium obscurumLycopodium obscurumLycopodium obscurum, commonly called ground pine or princess pine, is a species of clubmoss in the family Lycopodiaceae. It is a close relative of other treelike Lycopodium such as L. dendroideum and L. Hickeyi. It is distributed from Alabama to the east coast of the United States, and north into...
L. - Groundpine, Tree Clubmoss [We, Wo]
Selaginellaceae (Selaginella Family)
- Selaginella apodaSelaginella apodaSelaginella apoda, commonly known as meadow spike-moss, is a lycophyte native to much of the eastern United States and parts of northeastern Mexico. It is found primarily in damp soils in habitats such as swamps, wet fields, open woods and along stream banks. A lowland plant, it has only been...
(L.) Spring - Meadow Spikemoss [M, R, Wo]
Division Equisetophyta
EquisetaceaeEquisetaceae
Equisetaceae, sometimes called the horsetail family, is the only extant family of the class Equisetales, with one surviving genus, Equisetum, which comprises about twenty species.- Evolution and systematics :...
(Horsetail Family)
- Equisetum arvenseEquisetum arvenseEquisetum arvense, commonly known as the Field Horsetail or Common Horsetail, is a rather bushy perennial with a rhizomatous stem formation native to the northern hemisphere. These horsetails may have sterile or fertile stems. Sterile stems start to grow after the fertile stems have wilted...
L. - Common Horsetail [R, Wo]
- Equisetum hyemaleEquisetum hyemaleEquisetum hyemale , known in South Africa as snake grass, is a species of horsetail native to moist forests, forest edges and stream banks, swamps and fens throughout the Holarctic Kingdom.-Usage:...
L. - Scouring Rush, Rough Horsetail [Wo]
- Equisetum sylvaticum L. - Wood HorsetailWood HorsetailThe wood horsetail is a horsetail native to the Northern Hemisphere, occurring in North America and Eurasia...
[R] {G5, Si, E}
Division Polypodiophyta
AspleniaceaeAspleniaceae
The Aspleniaceae is a family of ferns, included in the order Polypodiales or in some classifications as the only family in the order Aspleniales....
(Spleenwort Family)
- Asplenium platyneuron (L.) BSP. - Ebony spleenwortEbony spleenwortleft|thumbAsplenium platyneuron is a species of spleenwort with a peculiar distribution in two continents. In North America it is native almost throughout the eastern United States, and in the far southeast of Canada; there are also isolated small populations in New Mexico, Arizona and the West...
[M, R, Wo]
Dennstaediaceae (Bracken
Bracken
Bracken are several species of large, coarse ferns of the genus Pteridium. Ferns are vascular plants that have alternating generations, large plants that produce spores and small plants that produce sex cells . Brackens are in the family Dennstaedtiaceae, which are noted for their large, highly...
Family)
- Dennstaedtia punctilobulaDennstaedtia punctilobulaDennstaedtia punctilobula is a species of fern native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Wisconsin and Arkansas, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Alabama; it is most abundant in the east of its range, with only scattered populations in the west.It is a deciduous...
(Michx.) T. Moore - Hay-scented Fern [M, R, We, Wo]
- Pteridium aquilinumPteridium aquilinumPteridium aquilinum is a species of fern occurring in temperate and subtropical regions throughout much of the northern hemisphere....
(L.) Kuhn - BrackenBrackenBracken are several species of large, coarse ferns of the genus Pteridium. Ferns are vascular plants that have alternating generations, large plants that produce spores and small plants that produce sex cells . Brackens are in the family Dennstaedtiaceae, which are noted for their large, highly...
[R, Wo]
Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteridaceae, is a family of leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales. They are known colloquially as the wood ferns. They comprise about 1700 species and have a cosmopolitan distribution. They may be terrestrial, epipetric, hemiepiphytic, or epiphytic. Many are cultivated as...
(Wood Fern Family)
- Athyrium filix-feminaAthyrium filix-feminaAthyrium filix-femina is a large, feathery species of fern native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where it is often abundant in damp, shady woodland environments and is often grown for decoration.The plant is caespitose Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern or Common Lady-fern)...
(L.) Roth ex Mertens - Lady Fern [Wo]
- Athyrium filix-feminaAthyrium filix-feminaAthyrium filix-femina is a large, feathery species of fern native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where it is often abundant in damp, shady woodland environments and is often grown for decoration.The plant is caespitose Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern or Common Lady-fern)...
(L.) Mertens var. asplenoides (Michx.) Farwell - Southern Lady Fern [M]
- Cystopteris fragilisCystopteris fragilisCystopteris fragilis is a species of fern known by the common names brittle bladderfern and common fragile fern. It can be found worldwide, generally in shady, moist areas. The leaves are up to 30 or 40 centimeters long and are borne on fleshy petioles. Each leaf is divided into many pairs of...
(L.) Bernhardi - Brittle Fern, Bladder Fern [Wo]
- Deparia acrostichoidesDeparia acrostichoidesThe silvery glade fern is a common fern in stream bottoms throughout much of the eastern United States. It often forms extensive colonies, growing from creeping crowns...
(Swartz) M. Kato - Silvery Spleenwort [Wo]
- Dryopteris carthusianaDryopteris carthusianaDryopteris carthusiana H.P. Fuchs is a species of fern native to damp forests throughout the Holarctic Kingdom...
(Villars) H.P. Fuchs - Spinulose Shield Fern, Narrow Buckler Fern [Wo]
- Dryopteris cristataDryopteris cristataDryopteris cristata A. Gray is a species of fern native to wetlands throughout the Holarctic Kingdom. It is known as the crested wood fern...
(L.) A. Gray - Crested Wood Fern, Crested Buckler Fern [Wo]
- Dryopteris marginalisDryopteris marginalisDryopteris marginalis is known as the marginal shield fern or marginal wood fern. The marginal wood fern favors damp shady areas and is found throughout eastern North America. It favors moderately acid to circumneutral soils. It favors cooler areas, but is fairly drought-resistant once established...
(L.) A. Gray - Marginal Shield Fern, Marginal Wood Fern [R, Wo]
- Onoclea sensibilis L. - Sensitive FernSensitive fernOnoclea sensibilis, the Sensitive fern, also known as the bead fern, is a coarse-textured, medium to large-sized perennial fern. The name comes from the observation by early American settlers that it was very sensitive to frost, the fronds dying quickly when first touched by it...
[Wo, We]
- Polystichum acrostichoidesPolystichum acrostichoidesPolystichum acrostichoides is an evergreen fern native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and south to Florida and eastern Texas...
(Michx.) Schott - Christmas Fern [M, R, We, Wo]
- Woodsia obtusaWoodsia obtusaWoodsia obtusa is a common rock fern of Appalachia and eastern North America. It prefers a calcareous substrate, but also grows in neutral soils. It may grow on rock faces or in scree....
(Sprengel) Torrey - Blunt-lobed Woodsia [Wo]
Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossaceae, the Adder's tongue family, is a family of ferns, currently thought to be most closely related to Psilotaceae, the two together comprising the class Psilotopsida as the sibling group to the rest of the ferns. The Ophioglossaceae is one of two groups of ferns traditionally known as...
(Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum
Ophioglossum is a genus of about 25-30 species of Ophioglossales in the family Ophioglossaceae, with a cosmopolitan but primarily tropical and subtropical distribution. The name Ophioglossum comes from the Greek, and means "snake-tongue".Adders-tongues are so-called because the spore-bearing stalk...
Family)
- Botrychium dissectum Sprengel - Dissected Grapefern [Wo]
- Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz - Rattlesnake Fern [Wo]
Osmundaceae
Osmundaceae
The Osmundaceae is a family of four genera and 15-25 species. It is the only fern family of the order Osmundales; an order in the class Pteridopsida or in some classifications the only order in the class Osmundopsida...
(Royal Fern Family)
- Osmunda cinnamomea L. - Cinnamon FernCinnamon fernOsmundastrum cinnamomeum, the Cinnamon Fern, is a species of eusporangiate fern in the family Osmundaceae. It is native to the Americas and eastern Asia, growing in swamps, bogs and moist woodlands....
[M, Wo]
- Osmunda claytoniana L. - Interrupted fernInterrupted fernOsmunda claytoniana, the Interrupted fern, is a fern native to Eastern Asia and eastern North America, in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. This species is named after the English-born Virginian botanist John Clayton....
[R, Wo]
- Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilisOsmunda spectabilisOsmunda spectabilis is a species of fern once thought to be the same as Osmunda regalis, but recent genetic studies have shown it to be a separate species. -Description:...
(Willd.) A. Gray - Royal fernRoyal fernOsmunda regalis, the Old World Royal fern, is a species of Osmunda, native to Europe, Africa, and Asia, growing in woodland bogs. The species is sometimes known as flowering fern due to the appearance of its fertile fronds.-Description:...
[Wo]
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a family of polypod ferns, which includes more than 60 genera divided into several tribes and containing around 1,000 species. Nearly all are epiphytes, but some are terrestrial.-Description:...
(Polypody Family)
- Polypodium virginianumPolypodium virginianumPolypodium virginianum, commonly known as Rock Polypody, Rock Cap Fern, or Common Polypody, is a small evergreen species of fern native to the Eastern United States and Canada...
L. - Common Polypody [R, Wo]
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern Family)
- Adiantum pedatumAdiantum pedatumAdiantum pedatum is a maidenhair fern native to moist woodland in eastern North America.Adiantum aleuticum was once considered a subspecies...
L. - Northern Maidenhair Fern [Wo]
Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns.The ferns are terrestrial, with the exception of a few which are lithophytes . The bulk of the species are tropical, although there are a number of temperate species....
(Marsh Fern Family)
- Phegopteris hexagonopteraPhegopteris hexagonopteraPhegopteris hexagonoptera, commonly called the broad beech fern, is a common forest fern in the eastern United States and adjacent Ontario. It grows from a creeping rootstock, sending up individual fronds that more or less clump....
(Michx.) Fée - Broad Beach Fern [R]
- Thelypteris noveboracensisThelypteris noveboracensisThelypteris noveboracensis, or the New York fern, is a fern found throughout the eastern United States and Canada. It is distinctive by its pinnae tapering to the base of the frond, and by its forming extensive clonal colonies on ridgetops and mountain benches...
(L.) Nieuwland - New York Fern [Wo]
Other Lists of Plants from Soldiers Delight (and Maryland).
Wildflowers of Soldiers DelightWildflowers of Soldiers Delight
The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about of land in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA. Much of the area of Soldiers Delight contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants....
Woody Plants of Soldiers Delight
Woody Plants of Soldiers Delight
The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about of land in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants....
Graminoids of Soldiers Delight
Graminoids of Soldiers Delight
The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about of land in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants....
Lichens of Soldiers Delight
Lichens of Soldiers Delight
The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area- is located in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA...
Lichens of Maryland
Lichens of Maryland
The following list of Lichens of Maryland is derived from the following sources:* lichens listed in the 1977 publication by Skorepa The following list of Lichens of Maryland is derived from the following sources:*(1) lichens listed in the 1977 publication by Skorepa The following list of Lichens of...