
oak ferns
Gymnocarpium
Gymnocarpium is a small genus of ferns, called oak ferns. It was once placed with various other groups, including the dryopteroid ferns and the athyrioid ferns. Cladistic analysis has demonstrated that Gymnocarpium and Cystopteris form a natural but relatively primitive clade that is basal to the asplenoid, thelypterioid, and athyrioid ferns comprehensively.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

northern oak fern
speciesGymnocarpium dryopteris

Pacific oak fern
speciesGymnocarpium disjunctum

limestone oak fern
speciesGymnocarpium robertianum

Asian oak fern
speciesGymnocarpium jessoense

Nahanni oak fern
speciesGymnocarpium continentale

Gymnocarpium remotipinnatum
speciesGymnocarpium remotipinnatum

Appalachian oak fern
speciesGymnocarpium appalachianum

Gymnocarpium oyamense
speciesGymnocarpium oyamense

intermediate oak fern
hybridGymnocarpium × intermedium

Britton's oak fern
hybridGymnocarpium × brittonianum
tetraploid hybrid oak fern
hybridGymnocarpium × achriosporum
Gymnocarpium × heterosporum
hybridGymnocarpium × heterosporum
Gymnocarpium fedtschenkoanum
speciesGymnocarpium fedtschenkoanum
Gymnocarpium × bipinnatifidum
hybridGymnocarpium × bipinnatifidum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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