| BJK | Genus species | G3 List - Native range and garden comments |
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G1 = Not found in gardens / G2 = Unusual in gardens / G3 = Common in gardens. B = Found at Boerner Botanical Gardens. J = Found at Janesville Rotary Gardens. K = Found at Krischan Photography Gardens. | ||
| BJK | Adiantum pedatum | Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to Eastern US. Northern Maidenfern. Cultivars: 'Miss Sharples', 'Eco Aurora Borealis'. |
| BJK | Athyrium filix-femina | Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to entire US. Common Ladyfern. Cultivars: 'Branford Rambler', 'Cristata', 'Cruciato-cristatum', 'Dre's Dagger', 'Encourage', 'Fancy Fronds', 'Frizelliae', 'Lady Victoria', 'Minutissimum', 'Rotstiel', 'Vernoniae-cristatum', 'Victoriae', 'Victoriae Tall', subspecies angustum 'Lady In Red', subspecies asplenoides. |
| --K | Dennstaedtia punctiloba | Native to Wisconsin (unknown)? Native to Eastern US. Synonym: Athyrium pycnocarpon. Eastern Hayscented Fern. |
| BJK | Diplazium pycnocarpon | Synonym: Athyrium pycnocarpon. Native to Wisconsin (southwest). Native to Eastern US. Synonym: Athyrium pycnocarpon. Glade Fern. |
| B-K | Dryopteris carthusiana | Synonym: Dryopteris spinulosa. Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to Northern US. Spinulose Woodfern. Grows in mesic woods. Cultivar: 'Americana'. |
| BJK | Dryopteris filix-mas | Native to Wisconsin (extreme north). Native to West and Northern US. Male Fern. Cultivars: 'Barnesii', 'Crispatissima', 'Cristata', 'Cristata Jackson', 'Cristata Martindale', 'Grandiceps', 'Grandciceps Wills', 'Linearis', 'Linearis Congresta', 'Linearis Polydactyla', 'Undulata Robusta'. Grows in moist conifer woods, rocky hill. Special Concern in Wisconsin. |
| BJK | Dryopteris goldiana | Native to Wisconsin (central and south). Native to Eastern US. Goldie's Woodfern. Grows in moist Maple woodland. |
| BJK | Dryopteris marginalis | Native to Wisconsin (except northwest and southeast). Native to Eastern US. Marginal Woodfern. Grows in dry woods, rock crevices, on shady slopes. |
| B-K | Matteuccia struthiopteris | Synonym: Pteris nodulosa. Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to Northeast US. Ostrich Fern. |
| -JK | Onoclea sensibilis | Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to Central and Eastern US. Sensitive Fern. Grows along ravine, Tamarack swamp, streambank. |
| BJK | Osmunda cinnamomea | Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to Central and Eastern US. Cinnamon Fern. |
| BJK | Osmunda claytoniana | Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to Central and Eastern US. Interrupted Fern. |
| BJK | Osmunda regalis | Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to Central and Eastern US. Royal Fern. Cultivar: 'Cristata', 'Purpurascens', variety spectablilis. |
| B-K | Polystichum acrostichoides | Native to Wisconsin (south). Native to Central and Eastern US. Christmas Fern. |
| BJK | Polystichum braunii | Native to Wisconsin (extreme north). Native to Northeast US. Braun's Hollyfern. |
| --K | Pteridium aquilinum | Native to Wisconsin (statewide). Native to entire US. Bracken Fern. Grows in dry woods, conifer woodland. |
| -JK | Woodsia obtusa | Native to Wisconsin (southwest). Native to Central and Eastern US. Bluntlobe Cliff Fern. Grows on shady sandstone cliff. |