Dryopteris marginalisSloss.

marginal wood fern

WFO wfo-0000143495 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Dryopteris marginalis, photographed by Michelle Norcéide
fig. a Michelle Norcéide, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205913641
Dryopteris marginalis, photographed by Zakqary Roy
fig. b Zakqary Roy, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204956548
Dryopteris marginalis, photographed by Clay Gibbons
fig. c Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204255446
Dryopteris marginalis, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. d Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204110556
Dryopteris marginalis, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. e Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204732196
Dryopteris marginalis, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. f Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202798373
Dryopteris marginalis, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. g Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203970794
Dryopteris marginalis, photographed by Natalie Waddell-Rutter
fig. h Natalie Waddell-Rutter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203381992

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Also published as 31 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aspidium filix-mas var. marginale (L.) Christ
  • Aspidium marginale Davenp.
  • Aspidium marginale f. davenportii Eastman
  • Aspidium marginale var. elegans J.Rob.
  • Aspidium marginatum (L.) Schkuhr
  • Dryopteris marginalis f. churchiae Leeds
  • Dryopteris marginalis f. davenportii A.Prince ex Weath.
  • Dryopteris marginalis f. elegans (J.Rob.) F.W.Gray
  • Dryopteris marginalis f. traillae (G.Lawson) Gruber
  • Dryopteris marginalis f. tripinnatifida Weath.
  • Dryopteris marginalis var. elegans (J.Rob.) Carhart
  • Filix marginalis (L.) Farw.
  • Filix marginalis var. bipinnatifida Farw.
  • Filix-mas marginalis (L.) Farw.
  • Lastrea marginalis C.Presl
  • Lastrea marginalis var. traillae G.Lawson
  • Nephrodium marginale (L.) Michx.
  • Nephrodium marginale f. bipinnatifidum Clute
  • Nephrodium marginale f. davenportii Floyd
  • Nephrodium marginale f. tripinnatifidum Clute
  • Nephrodium marginale var. distans Waters
  • Nephrodium marginale var. elegans (J.Rob.) Gilbert
  • Nephrodium marginale var. traillae (G.Lawson) Gilbert
  • Nephrodium marginale var. umbilicatum Desv.

and 7 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.