Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Lifeform |
Location |
Flower Color(s) |
Adiantum aleuticum |
Five Finger Fern |
fern |
CA: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Mt. Eddy, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, Russian Gulch State Park, Sam McDonald County Park, Seiad Valley, Van Damme State Park |
n/a |
Adiantum capillus-veneris |
Venus Hair Fern / Southern Maidenhair |
fern |
CA: Anza Borrego State Park |
n/a |
Adiantum jordanii |
California Maidenhair |
fern |
CA: EBMUD Trails (South of Hwy 24), Garland Ranch Regional Park, Henry A. Barbier Memorial Park, Huddart County Park, Iowa Hill (city & vicinity), Mt. Diablo State Park, Mt. Tamalpais State Park |
n/a |
Adiantum shastense |
(no common name) |
fern |
CA: Lake McCloud |
n/a |
Argyrochosma jonesii |
Jones' False Cloak Fern / Jones' Lip Fern |
fern |
CA: Death Valley National Park |
n/a |
Aspidotis californica |
California Lace Fern |
fern |
CA: Mt. Tamalpais State Park |
n/a |
Aspidotis densa |
Indian's Dream |
fern |
CA: Mt. Eddy, Mt. Tamalpais State Park |
n/a |
Athyrium distentifolium var. americanum |
Alpine Lady Fern |
fern |
CA: Saddlebag Lake & Twenty Lakes Basin, Yosemite National Park |
n/a |
Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum |
Lady Fern / Western Lady Fern |
fern |
CA: Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, Russian Gulch State Park, Tilden Regional Park, Van Damme State Park |
n/a |
Azolla filiculoides |
Fern Azolla / Pacific Azolla / Pacific Mosquito Fern |
fern |
CA: Tejon Ranch |
n/a |
Cryptogramma acrostichoides |
American Parsley Fern |
fern |
CA: Castle Lake, Saddlebag Lake & Twenty Lakes Basin, South Lake & Bishop Creek, Yosemite National Park |
n/a |
Cystopteris fragilis |
Fragile Fern |
fern |
CA: Carson Pass & vicinity, Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland), Mt. Eddy, Seiad Valley |
n/a |
Dryopteris arguta |
Wood Fern / Coastal Wood Fern |
fern |
CA: Briones Regional Park, EBMUD Trails (North of Hwy 24), Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland), Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Pinnacles National Park |
n/a |
Myriopteris clevelandii |
Cleveland's Lip Fern |
fern |
CA: Santa Cruz Island Reserve |
n/a |
Myriopteris covillei |
Coville's Lip Fern |
fern |
CA: Anza Borrego State Park, Joshua Tree National Park |
n/a |
Myriopteris gracilis |
Slender Lip fern |
fern |
CA: White Mountains, Mexico: Catavina |
n/a |
Myriopteris gracillima |
Lace Lip Fern |
fern |
CA: Mt. Eddy, North Table Mountain Ecological Preserve, South Yuba River State Park |
n/a |
Myriopteris parryi |
Cottony Lip Fern / Parry's Lip Fern |
fern |
CA: Anza Borrego State Park |
n/a |
Pellaea andromedifolia |
Coffee Fern |
fern |
CA: Garland Ranch Regional Park, Mt. Diablo State Park, Redwood Regional Park |
n/a |
Pellaea breweri |
Brewer's Cliff Brake |
fern |
CA: White Mountains |
n/a |
Pellaea bridgesii |
Bridge's Cliff Brake |
fern |
CA: Carson Pass & vicinity, Ebbetts Pass & vicinity, Sawmill Campground & Harvey Monroe Hall Natural Area, Yosemite National Park |
n/a |
Pellaea mucronata var. californica |
California Cliff Brake |
fern |
CA: Joshua Tree National Park, San Bernardino Mountains, Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument |
n/a |
Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata |
Bird's Foot Fern |
fern |
CA: Feather Falls, Henry A. Barbier Memorial Park, Henry W. Coe State Park, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Pinnacles National Park |
n/a |
Pentagramma triangularis |
Gold Back Fern / Golden Back Fern |
fern |
CA: Anthony Chabot Regional Park, Briones Regional Park, China Camp State Park, EBMUD Trails (North of Hwy 24), Garrapata State Park, Henry W. Coe State Park, Huddart County Park, Mt. Diablo State Park, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument |
n/a |
Polypodium californicum |
California Polypody |
fern |
CA: Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland), Las Trampas Regional Wilderness, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Sam McDonald County Park, Tomales Bay State Park, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, Van Damme State Park |
n/a |
Polypodium calirhiza |
Common Polypody / Acrid Fern |
fern |
CA: Henry W. Coe State Park, Mt. Diablo State Park, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Muir Woods National Monument, Pinnacles National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, Sam McDonald County Park, Van Damme State Park |
n/a |
Polypodium glycyrrhiza |
Licorice Fern |
fern |
CA: Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Samuel P. Taylor State Park, OR: Selma (city & vicinity) |
n/a |
Polypodium scouleri |
Leather Leaf Fern |
fern |
CA: Garrapata State Park, Point Lobos State Reserve, Point Reyes National Seashore |
n/a |
Polystichum californicum |
California Sword Fern |
fern |
CA: Tilden Botanic Garden |
n/a |
Polystichum dudleyi |
Dudley's Sword Fern |
fern |
CA: Tilden Botanic Garden |
n/a |
Polystichum imbricans subsp. imbricans |
Narrow Leaved Sword Fern |
fern |
CA: Nordheimer Flat, Seiad Valley |
n/a |
Polystichum lemmonii |
Lemmon's Holly Fern |
fern |
CA: Mt. Eddy, Seiad Valley |
n/a |
Polystichum lonchitis |
Holly Fern |
fern |
CA: Mt. Tamalpais State Park |
n/a |
Polystichum munitum |
Western Sword Fern |
fern |
CA: Butano State Park, Eureka (city & vicinity), Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland), Jacks Peak County Park, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Redwood Regional Park, Russian Gulch State Park, Sam McDonald County Park, Tomales Bay State Park, Van Damme State Park |
n/a |
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens |
Bracken Fern / Western Bracken Fern |
fern |
CA: Butano State Park, Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland), Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve & State Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, Sam McDonald County Park, Yosemite National Park |
n/a |
Sceptridium multifidum |
Leather Grape Fern / Broad Leaf Grape Fern / Leathery Grape Fern |
fern |
CA: Castle Lake, Ebbetts Pass & vicinity, Ma-le'l Dunes, Yosemite National Park |
n/a |
Selaginella wallacei |
Wallace's Spike Moss |
fern |
CA: Bidwell Park |
n/a |
Struthiopteris spicant |
Deer Fern |
fern |
CA: Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve, Russian Gulch State Park, Van Damme State Park |
n/a |
Thelypteris nevadensis |
Sierra Marsh Fern / Sierra Water Fern |
fern |
CA: Russian Gulch State Park, Shasta Lake |
n/a |
Woodsia scopulina |
Mountain Cliff Fern |
fern |
CA: Lava Beds National Monument |
n/a |
Woodwardia fimbriata |
Giant Chain Fern |
fern |
CA: Garrapata State Park, Huddart County Park, Mt. Diablo State Park, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Samuel P. Taylor State Park |
n/a |