Dryopteris consists of ferns that may be deciduous, semi-evergreen, or evergreen. They feature robust, upright or sprawling rhizomes and form rosettes of fronds that are either lanceolate or ovate in shape, with a pinnate division.

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Multicristata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Parsley'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Plumosum'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Revolvens'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Rich Beauty'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Rollandiae'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Sub-cristata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Succisa'

Dryopteris filix-mas (Cristata Group) 'Cristata Grandiceps'

Dryopteris filix-mas (Cristata Group) 'Cristata Jackson'

Dryopteris filix-mas (Cristata Group) 'Cristata Martindale'

Dryopteris filix-mas (Cristata Group) 'Fred Jackson'

Dryopteris filix-mas Cristata Group

Dryopteris filix-mas Grandiceps Group

Dryopteris filix-mas Polydactyla Group

This evergreen fern grows in clumps and features new growth that starts as yellow-green before maturing to a darker shade. The fronds are triangular, and the two lowest pinnules are characterized by elongated leaflets that droop downward.

Dryopteris formosana

Dryopteris fragrans

Dryopteris from Emei Shan, China

Dryopteris from Kunming, China

Dryopteris from Mount Zijin, China

Dryopteris from Nanjing Botanical Garden, China

Dryopteris fructuosa

Dryopteris fuscipes

Dryopteris glabra

Dryopteris goldieana is a deciduous fern that features wide, lanceolate fronds emerging from a gradually spreading rhizome. The fronds can reach lengths of up to 1.2 meters and are made up of numerous narrow, somewhat overlapping pinnae.

Dryopteris goldieana

Dryopteris guanchica

Dryopteris hawaiiensis

Dryopteris hirtipes (Blume) Kuntze

Dryopteris hondoensis

Dryopteris hybrid

Dryopteris inaequalis

This evergreen fern grows in clumps and features fronds that are upright to arching in shape, forming a triangular outline. The fronds are composed of lance-shaped, serrated leaflets, or pinnae, that display a mid-green hue. The undersides of mature fronds may be adorned with fine hairs.

Dryopteris intermedia

Dryopteris intermedia subsp. azorica

Dryopteris juxtaposita

Dryopteris kuratae

Dryopteris labordei

Dryopteris lacera

This evergreen fern grows in clumps and features upright to gently arching fronds. Young fronds emerge in shades of salmon-pink to orange-red, transition to yellow, and ultimately mature to a deep green as the seasons change.

Dryopteris lepidopoda

Dryopteris lepidorachis

A clump-forming fern that grows upright, "Dryopteris ludoviciana" is semi-evergreen to evergreen. Its fronds are glossy and triangular, ranging from mid to dark green, with a structure that features pointed, lance-shaped leaflets or pinnae that are deeply lobed.

Dryopteris ludoviciana

Dryopteris maderensis

Dryopteris magellanica

This evergreen fern forms dense clumps and features upright to arching fronds that are broadly ovate to triangular in shape. The fronds are grey-green and have deeply lobed, lance-shaped leaflets, also known as pinnae.

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