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| | Denali National Park and Preserve - Ferns (U.S. National Park Service) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | In Denali the "lower plants" are represented by the following groups: true ferns (Blechnaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Pteridaceae, Thelypteridaceae, and Polypodiaceae) the horsetails (Equisetaceae), Club mosses, (Lycopodiaceae), Spike mosses (Selaginellaceae) and quillworts (Isoetaceae). |
 | | The most species-rich fern family in the Denali National Park flora is the Wood fern family (Dryopteridaceae; 13 species), followed by the Maidenhair fern family (Pteridaceae; 3 species). |
 | | There is one species each from the three other fern families that occur here: Chain fern family (Blechnaceae), Polypody family (Polypodiaceae), and Maiden fern family (Thelypteridaceae). |
| www.nps.gov /dena/naturescience/ferns.htm (315 words) |
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