Links to genera
Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes)
Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
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Tree Ferns
Rhizomes thick, forming a trunk; densely hairy (no scales); leaves forming terminal tufts, 3-pinnate. Sori at margins of pinnae, indusium 2-valved.
One species naturalized in Britain and Ireland; others may become so in future; several tree-fern species of the genus Cyathea are also grown and may become naturalized.
* indicates introduced species.
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