beech fern
Polypodium phegopteris latin

Phegopteris is a genus of ferns known collectively as the Beech ferns.

Phegopteris hexagonoptera, commonly called the broad beech fern, is a common forest fern in the eastern United States and adjacent Ontario.

Phegopteris connectilis, commonly known as Long Beech Fern, is a species of fern native to forests of the Holarctic Kingdom.

Bracken is very common in upland areas, Beech Fern in woods and other shaded locations and Scaly Male Fern in wooded or open areas.

Other ferns include both broad and narrow beech ferns, narrow-leaved spleenwort, oak fern, Goldie's, bulblet and crested bladder ferns and the curious walking fern.