Chain fern
Botanical name: Blechnaceae
Chain fern
Botanical name: Blechnaceae
Species of Chain fern
Icarus
Cranfillia
Parablechnum
Austroblechnum
Midsorus ferns
cleistoblechnum
Netted Chain Fern
Netted Chain Fern are a genus of ferns with one sole member, Lorinseria areolata. These ferns resemble and could be mistaken for the sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis, which are generally taller. The ornamental ferns provide shade and are ideal for use as a ground cover in landscaping and gardens. Small mammals and songbirds take cover and are attracted to these plants.
Hacksaw fern
Distribution of the genus includes parts of Australia and New Zealand.
Struthiopteris
In the circumscription used in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus contains five species.
Chain ferns
Chain ferns are native to warm temperate and subtropical parts of the northern hemisphere. These are large plants; the largest ferns in North America, in fact. Their characteristic multi-fronded fern-like leaves are attractive enough to make them popular garden plants.
Lomaridium
Salpichlaena
Oceaniopteris
Telmatoblechnum
Brainea
Hard fern
Sadleria
Diploblechnum
Anchistea
It has only one species. It has long creeping, scaly, underground stems or rhizomes giving rise to tall (up to about 1.2 m) widely separated, deciduous, single leaves. The leaf blade is green and lanceolate, composed of 12 to 23 paired, alternate pinnatifid pinnae. Anchistea is mostly found on the Atlantic coastal plain and Piedmont although it also grows in the eastern Great Lakes region as far west as Illinois.
Stenochlaena
Stenochlaena are a very small genus of ferns found throughout the Old World tropics and sub-tropics. Stenochlaena are very tall ferns that have a climbing growth habit - they're usually seen climbing high-up tree canopies in rainforests. They grow from a rhizome that can reach the crown of trees. However, the rhizome needs to maintain a connection to the soil, except for one epiphytic (air plant) species.
Lomaria
Lomaria is a genus of ferns belonging to the family Blechnaceae. In the circumscription used in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus contains six species.
Scientific Classification
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