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Updated 10/17/2023

Phylum Pterophyta, Ferns

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Cibotium glaucum 

HAPU'U PULU

 

Cibotium chamissoi 

HAPU'U

 

Asplenium trichomanes subsp. densum

MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT 

 

Cibotium menziesii

HAPU'U 'I'I

 

Diplopterygium pinnatum 

ULUHE LAU NUI

 

Doryopteris decipiens  

KUMUNIU, 'IWA'IWA, MANAWAHUA

 

Elaphoglossum crassifolium

HOE A MAUI

 

Sadleria cyatheoides 


'AMA'U

Polypodium pellucidum



'AE

Marsilea villosa

'IHI'IHI

 

Asplenium macraei



'IWA'IWA LAU LI'I
Asplenium kaulfussii



KUAU
   

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

'IWA'IWA

 
Dicranopteris linearis f. linearis

ULUHE

 
Sphenomeris chinensis

LACE FERN    PALA'A

 

Microlepia strigosa

PALAPALAI

 
Lepisorus thunbergianus

PAKAHAKAHA

 

Nephrolepis cordifolia

NARROW SWORDFERN

 

Asplenium nidus

BIRD'S-NEST FERN    'EKAHA

 

Asplenium horridum

'IWA

 

Asplenium contiguum

ASPLENIUM

 

Pellaea ternifolia

KALAMOHO LAU LI'I


HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Nephrolepis brownii

ASIAN SWORDFERN

 

Adiantum raddianum

MAIDENHAIR FERN

 


Adiantum hispidulum

ROUGH MAIDENHAIR FERN

 

Sphaeropteris cooperi 

AUSTRALIAN TREE FERN

Phlebodium aureum

RABBIT'S-FOOT FERN    LAUA'E HAOLE

Phymatosorus grossus

MAILE-SCENTED FERN    LAUA'E

 

Christella parasitica

WOOD FERN

 

Christella dentata

DOWNY WOOD FERN

 

Diplazium esculentum

POHOLE

 

Azolla filiculoides

FERNY AZOLLA

 

Tectaria incisa

INCISED TECTARIA

 

Cheilanthes viridis

GREEN CLIFF BRAKE

 

Platycerium bifurcatum

COMMON STAGHORN or ELKHORN FERN

 

Cyrtomium falcatum

HOLLY FERN

Blechnum appendiculatum

 BLECHNUM  

 


HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Microsorum musifolium

CROCODILE or CROCODYLUS FERN

 

 



Phylum Bryophyta, Mosses

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Campylopus umbellatus

CAMPYLOPUS MOSS

 

Unknown Moss

UNKNOWN MOSS

 



Phylum Marchantiophyta, Liverworts

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Marchantia polymorpha

POLYMORPHIC LIVERWORT

 



Phylum Lycophyta, Club Mosses

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Selaginella arbuscula  

LEPELEPE A MOA

 


HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Lycopodiella cernua

RAT'S FOOT    WAWAE'IOLE

 

Huperzia phyllantha

DAGGERLEAF CLUBMOSS

 

Psilotum complanatum

FLAT-STEMMED WHISKFERN

 

Psilotum nudum

UPRIGHT WHISKFERN    MOA