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Lady ferns and allies

Athyriaceae · 5 species

In Québec, the family Athyriaceae (order Polypodiales) counts 5 species of plants. The stars? Common ladyfern, Subarctic lady fern and Silver false spleenwort, the most often observed. The richest region: Estrie, with 4 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Estrie4
  2. Montréal4
  3. Montérégie4
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent3
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean3
  6. Capitale-Nationale3
  7. Mauricie3
  8. Outaouais3
  9. Côte-Nord3
  10. Nord-du-Québec3
  11. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  13. Laval3
  14. Lanaudière3
  15. Laurentides3
  16. Centre-du-Québec3
  17. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2

Lady ferns and allies 5

Polypodiales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Athyriaceae
All60Dryopteridaceae14Cystopteridaceae8Pteridaceae7Thelypteridaceae6Woodsiaceae6Aspleniaceae5Athyriaceae5Polypodiaceae3Dennstaedtiaceae2Onocleaceae2Blechnaceae1Diplaziopsidaceae1
Common ladyfern4,420 observations
Subarctic lady fern2,041 observations
Silver false spleenwort321 observations
Oriental Ladyfern3 observations
Alpine ladyfern2 observations