# List of ferns of Georgia (U.S. state)

This is a list of ferns and other pteridophytes native to the U.S state of Georgia.
| Family | Scientific name | Common names | Range within Georgia | Conservation status |
| Aspleniaceae | Asplenium montanum$^{:9}$ | Mountain spleenwort | Mountains | G5 - secure |
| Aspleniaceae | Asplenium platyneuron$^{:9}$ | Ebony spleenwort | State-wide except southeastern Coastal Plain | G5 - secure |
| Aspleniaceae | Asplenium resiliens$^{:10}$ | Black-stemmed spleenwort | Coastal Plain and in limestone valleys of northwest Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Aspleniaceae | Asplenium trichomanes$^{:10}$ | Maidenhair spleenwort | Piedmont and mountains | G5 - secure |
| Azollaceae | Azolla caroliniana$^{:10}$ | Carolina mosquitofern | Native with invasive potential; not recommended for culture. A blue-green algae useful for rice culture grows between its leaves. | G5 - secure |
| Blechnaceae | Woodwardia areolata$^{:11}$ | Netted chain fern | State-wide | G5 - secure |
| Blechnaceae | Woodwardia virginica$^{:11}$ | Virginia chain fern | Common in Coastal Plain, sporadically above the fall line | G5 - secure |
| Dennstaedtiaceae | Dennstaedtia punctilobula$^{:12}$ | Eastern hay-scented fern | Common in north Georgia mountains, south to metro Atlanta area | G5 - secure |
| Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium aquilinum$^{:12}$ | Bracken fern | Widespread, but invasive and poisonous, not recommended for culture | G5 - secure |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris celsa$^{:13}$ | Log fern | Northwestern Georgia | G4 - apparently secure |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris cristata$^{:13}$ | Crested wood fern | Fulton county | G5 - secure |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris goldieana$^{:13}$ | Goldie's wood fern, Giant wood fern | Northeastern mountain counties | G4 - apparently secure |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris intermedia$^{:14}$ | Evergreen wood fern, Fancy fern | North Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris ludoviciana$^{:14}$ | Southern wood fern | South of the fall line, mainly in southwestern counties | G4 - apparently secure |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris marginalis$^{:14}$ | Marginal woodfern | North Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Dryopteridaceae | Polystichum acrostichoides$^{:15}$ | Christmas fern | Common state-wide except the pine flatwoods of southeast Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Dryopteridaceae | Physematium obtusum$^{:15}$ | Common Woodsia, Blunt-lobed woodsia, Cliff fern | State-wide, especially northern Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Lygodiaceae | Lygodium palmatum$^{:32}$ | Climbing fern, Hartford fern | Limited populations in the northern part of the state | G4 - apparently secure |
| Onocleaceae | Onoclea sensibilis$^{:33}$ | Sensitive fern | State-wide, but less frequent in southeastern Coastal Plain | G5 - secure |
| Ophioglossaceae | Botrypus virginianus$^{:33}$ | Rattlesnake fern | Northern Georgia, sporadically in southweastern and south central Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Ophioglossaceae | Sceptridium biternatum$^{:34}$ | Southern grapefern | Moist forests, clearings, and old fields | G5 - secure |
| Ophioglossaceae | Sceptridium jenmanii$^{:34}$ | Alabama grapefern | Moist and dry forests, and disturbed areas | G3 - vulnerable |
| Ophioglossaceae | Sceptridium dissectum$^{:34}$ | Cut-leaf grapefern | Moist forests, clearings, and old fields | G5 - secure |
| Ophioglossaceae | Sceptridium lunarioides$^{:34}$ | Winter grapefern | Northern Georgia in old fields, pastures, and young forests | G4 - apparently secure |
| Ophioglossum | Osmunda cinnamomea$^{:35}$ | Cinnamon fern | State-wide | G5 - secure |
| Ophioglossum | Osmunda claytoniana$^{:35}$ | Interrupted fern | Northern Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Ophioglossum | Osmunda regalis$^{:36}$ | Royal fern | State-wide | G5 - secure |
| Polypodiaceae | Pleopeltis polypodioides$^{:36}$ | Resurrection fern | State-wide | G5 - secure |
| Polypodiaceae | Polypodium virginianum$^{:37}$ | Common rockcap fern, Rock polypody | Northern Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Pteridaceae | Adiantum capillus-veneris$^{:37}$ | Southern maidenhair fern, Venus hair fern | Southwestern counties and a few Piedmont counties | G5 - secure |
| Pteridaceae | Adiantum pedatum$^{:38}$ | Northern maidenhair fern, Five-finger fern | Mountain and southern Piedmont counties | G5 - secure |
| Pteridaceae | Cheilanthes lanosa$^{:38}$ | Hairy lip-fern | Common from the granite region in the Piedmont north to the mountains | G5 - secure |
| Pteridaceae | Cheilanthes tomentosa$^{:39}$ | Woolly lip-fern | Northern counties on rocky, exposed sites | G5 - secure |
| Pteridaceae | Pellaea atropurpurea$^{:39}$ | Purple cliff-brake fern | Mainly in Ridge and Valley counties | G5 - secure |
| Thelypteridaceae | Phegopteris hexagonoptera$^{:40}$ | Broad beech fern | Common in northern Georgia, sometimes in southwestern Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Thelypteridaceae | Thelypteris kunthii$^{:40}$ | Southern maiden fern | Common in southern Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Thelypteridaceae | Thelypteris noveboracensis$^{:41}$ | New York fern | Common in northwestern Georgia | G5 - secure |
| Thelypteridaceae | Thelypteris ovata$^{:41}$ | Ovate maiden fern | Coastal Plain | G4 - apparently secure |
| Thelypteridaceae | Thelypteris palustris$^{:41}$ | Marsh fern | State-wide, in bogs and marshes | G5 - secure |
| Woodsiaceae | Athyrium asplenioides$^{:42}$ | Southern lady fern | State-wide, except pine flatwoods of southwest Georgia | Unknown |
| Woodsiaceae | Cystopteris bulbifera$^{:42}$ | Bulblet bladder fern | Restricted to a few mountainous sites in the northwest corner of the state | G5 - secure |
| Woodsiaceae | Cystopteris protrusa$^{:43}$ | Woodland fragile fern | Northern counties | G5 - secure |
| Woodsiaceae | Deparia acrostichoides$^{:43}$ | Silvery spleenwort | Northern counties | G5 - secure |
| Woodsiaceae | Diplazium pycnocarpon$^{:43}$ | Glade Fern | A few northern counties | G5 - secure |