See Spring wildflowers on the Eno
See trees, shrubs and woody vines
Adiantum pedatum | Maidenhair Fern | |
Asplenium bradleyi | Bradley's Spleenwort | |
A. montanum | Mountain Spleenwort | |
A. platyneuron | Ebony Spleenwort | |
Athyrium asplenioides
![]() | Lady Fern | Grows profusely in damp sloughs, ditches, stream banks, and low areas on the forest floor. Our most common deciduous fern. |
A. pycnocarpon | Glade Fern | |
Botrychium biternatum | Common Grape Fern | |
B. dissectum | Cutleaf Grape Fern | |
B. virginianum | Rattlesnake Fern | |
Cheilanthes lanosa | Hairy Lip Fern | |
Dennstaedtia punctiloba | Hay-scented Fern | |
Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal wood Fern | |
D. cristata
![]() | Crested Wood Fern | A Wood Fern that is rare in Durham County - Historically there was a large colony at Huckleberry Springs. |
D. goldiana | Goldie's Wood Fern | |
Lycopodium flabelliforme
![]() | Running-Pine or Running Cedar | The fossil history of Clubmosses supposedly dates them back to the Paleozoic Era. The pollen from the spores was once used as 'flash powder' in the early days of photography. Lygodium palmatum |
Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | |
Ophioglossum vulgatum pycnostichum | Adder's Tongue | |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
O. claytonia | Interrupted Fern | |
O. regalis | Royal Fern | |
Polypodium polypodioides
![]() | Resurrection Fern | A small fern that colonizes rock crevices and tree trunks. It becomes desiccated during dry weather then becomes green and lush a few hours after a rain. |
P. virginianum | Rock Cap Fern | |
P. acrostichoides
![]() | Christmas Fern | There are many stories about how the common name of Christmas Fern came about -the most likely is because this fern is one of very few lush green plants in forests during the winter months. |
Selaginella apoda | Meadow Spikemoss | Broad Beech Fern |
T. noveboracensis | New York Fern | |
T. palustris | Marsh Fern | |
Woodsia obtusa | Blunt-lobe Cliff Fern | |
Woodwardia areolata | Netted Chain Fern |