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Australian ferns & fern allies |
The following are lists of peridophyte species that might be expected in a range of wet or aquatic habitats, arranged by by growth form and habitat preference and by family.
| Obligate submerged aquatics | Isoetes elatior Isoetes gunnii Isoetes humilior Marsilea mutica |
| Facultative submerged aquatics | Isoetes drummondii Pilularia novae-hollandiae Ceratopteris thalichtroides Ceratopteris cornuta Marsilea angustifolia Marsilea drummondii Marsilea hirsuta Marsilea crenata |
| Obligate free-floating aquatics | Azolla pinnata Azolla filiculoides var. rubra Salvinia molesta |
| Facultative free-floating aquatics | Ceratopteris thalichtroides Ceratopteris cornuta |
| Nearly always emmergent aquatics | Acrostichum aureum Acrostichum speciosum Marsilea mutica Ceratopteris thalichtroides Ceratopteris cornuta Blechnum indicum |
| Faculative emmergent aquatics | Ampelopteris prolifera Cyclosors interruptus Stenochlaena palustris Thelypteris confluens Blechnum indicum |
| Often swamp or lake margin plants | Acrostichum aureum Acrostichum speciosum Ampelopteris prolifera Cyclosorus interruptus Blechnum indicum Microsorium ? schneideri Nephrolepis biserrata Nephrolepis hirsutula Thelypteris confluens Christella dentata Blechnum nudum Blechnum minus Diplazium dietrichianum Helminthostachys zeylanica Hypolepis punctata Lindsaea walerae Pteris commans (s.l.) Stenochlaens palustris Todea Barbara Gleichenia dicarpa Blechnum camfiedlii |
| Obligate rheophytes | none |
| Facultative rheophytes | Lunathyrium japonicum Blechnum articulatum Blechnum nudum Sticherus flabellatus |
| Mangrove swamps | Acrostichum aureum Acrostichum speciosum Pteris ensiformis |
| Adiantaceae | Adiantum diaphanum |
| Aspleniaceae | Asplenium baileyanum Asplenium normale Asplenium paleaceum (?) Asplenium wildii |
| Blechnaceae | Blechnum articulatum Blechnum chambersii Blechnum fluviatile Blechnum gregsonii Blechnum minus Blechnum nudum Blechnum patersonii Doodia caudata |
| Cyatheaceae | Cyathea australis |
| Dicksoniaceae | Dicksonia antartica Dicksonia yonungiae |
| Dryopteridaceae | Arachniodes hasseltii |
| Gleicheniaceae | Sticherus flabellatus Sticherus tener |
| Grammitidaceae | Grammitis reinwardtii Grammitis stenophylla Grammitis wurunuran |
| Hymenophyllaceae | Callistopteris spp. Cephalomanes spp. Macroglena brassii Selenodesmium spp. |
| Lomariopsidaceae | Bolbitis quoyana Bolbitis taylori |
| Marattiaceae | Angiopteris evecta |
| Osmundaceae | Leptopteris fraseri Todea barbara |
| Oleandraceae | Nephrolepis spp. |
| Thelypteridaceae | Amphineuron terminans Christella dentata Christella subpubescens Pneumatopteris sogerensis Sphaerostephanos spp. |
| Woodsiaceae | Callipteris prolifera Diplazium dilatatum Diplazium pallidum var. prenticei Diplazium silvaticum Lunathyrium japonicum |