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 dracomontana

This semi-evergreen fern reaches a height of 75 cm and develops a dense clump of broadly ovate, bipinnatifid fronds that are frequently coppery-pink in their juvenile stage. The spore cases are also commonly tinted pink.

Dryopteris erythrosora

This evergreen fern features vibrant red new fronds in spring that transition to a coppery pink before maturing to a deep, glossy green. In the fall, clusters of bright orange-red spores develop on the undersides of the fronds.

Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'

Dryopteris erythrosora 'Radiance'

Dryopteris erythrosora dwarf

Dryopteris erythrosora from Guizhou, China

Dryopteris erythrosora var. koidzumiana

This evergreen fern develops a compact tuft of light green, somewhat leathery, bipinnate fronds that can reach up to 60 cm in length. The young fronds may exhibit a pink hue and, on occasion, produce bulbils.

Dryopteris erythrosora var. prolifica

Dryopteris esquirolli

Dryopteris expansa

Dryopteris expansa Cristatum Group

This sturdy deciduous fern develops a tuft resembling a shuttlecock, featuring lance-shaped fronds that are bipinnatifid and can reach heights of up to 1.2 meters.

Dryopteris filix-mas

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Angustata Cristata'

This semi-evergreen fern forms an upright clump and features green fronds characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaflets that are glossy and have a combination of oval to triangular shapes with serrated edges.

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Barnesii'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Bollandiae'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Corymbifera Crispa'

This semi-evergreen fern forms clumps and reaches a height of 1 meter. Its upright to arching fronds are bright green, characterized by crested tips and ruffled margins.

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Hodgson'

This semi-evergreen fern reaches a height of up to 40 cm. It features upright fronds that are glossy and range in color from mid to dark green, characterized by their crimped and ruffled margins.

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispatissima'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispum'

This deciduous fern forms a rosette of upright or gently arching fronds that can reach lengths of up to 60 cm. The fronds are nearly bipinnate and feature distinct crests at their tips and along the apex of the pinnae.

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Cristata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Decomposita Cristata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Decomposita Crstng/leafy'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Decomposita Polydactyla'

This deciduous fern features robust, upright fronds adorned with wide, lanceolate leaflets. Compared to D. filix-mas, this cultivar exhibits a greater degree of leaf division.

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Decomposita'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Depauperata Cristata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Depauperata Padley'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Depauperata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Digitata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Fluco Cristata Crispy'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Fluctuosa-cristata'

This upright, clump-forming fern is semi-evergreen, featuring glossy green fronds adorned with narrow, widely spaced leaflets (pinnae) that end in distinctive forked tips.

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Furcans'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Furcata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Gracilis Polydactyla'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Gracilis'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Grandiceps Askew'

A sturdy semi-evergreen fern that develops dense clusters of arching, lanceolate fronds. The leaves are bipinnatifid, featuring prominent branched crests at their terminals, along with smaller crests at the ends of the pinnae.

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Grandiceps Wills'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Insisum'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Jervisii'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Congesta'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Cristata'

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Grandiceps'

This deciduous fern develops substantial, shuttlecock-shaped clusters of upright to gently arching fronds that can grow up to 1.2 meters in height. The fronds exhibit a mid-green hue and possess a light, open look due to their narrow and widely spaced pinnae. Notably, the tips of both the pinnae and fronds are distinctly forked.

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