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Athyrium filix-femina
lady fern
Monocacy National Battlefield
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		lady fern
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Polypodiophytina, Subclass Polypodiidae, Order Polypodiales, Suborder Aspleniineae, Family Athyriaceae, Genus Athyrium, Species Athyrium filix-femina


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MD: SNR
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Antietam National Battlefield	Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Blue Ridge Parkway	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cowpens National Battlefield
Crater Lake National Park	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Grand Teton National Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Mammoth Cave National Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Morristown National Historical Park
Mount Rainier National Park	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve
Oxon Run National Parkway	Petersburg National Battlefield
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Saratoga National Historical Park
Sitka National Historical Park	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Voyageurs National Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve	Yellowstone National Park


Last Modified Date:	3/23/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/15/2026 2:45:22 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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