The

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area is a nature reserve near Owings Mills in western Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S. The site is designated both as a Maryland Wildland (1,526 acres) and as a Natural Environment Area (1,900 acres) and is ...

, consists of about of land in

Baltimore County, Maryland Baltimore County ( , locally: or ) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland and is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore County (which partially surrounds, though does not include, the independent City of ...

, USA.
Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA contains a serpentine soil, serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plant

The following list of clubmosses, spikemosses, horsetails and ferns comes from the publications by Fleming et al. 1995, Monteferrante 1973, Reed 1984, eWennerstrom 1995, and the unpublished data by oWorthley 1955-1985.

Division Lycopodiophyta

Lycopodiaceae (Clubmoss Family) *'' Diphasiastrum digitatum'' - Northern running-pine, Flat-stemmed clubmoss, Ground cedar e, Wo*''

Diphasiastrum tristachyum ''Diphasiastrum tristachyum'', commonly known as blue clubmoss, blue ground-cedar, ground pine, deep-rooted running-pine or ground cedar, is a North American and Eurasian species of clubmoss. In North America, it has been found from Newfoundland ...

'' - Blue clubmoss, Blue ground-cedar o*''

Huperzia lucidula ''Huperzia lucidula'', the shining firmoss or shining clubmoss, is a bright evergreen, rhizomatous clubmoss of the genus ''Huperzia''. They grow in loose tufts 14–20 cm long, occasionally up to 1 m long. The leaves are 7–11 mm lo ...

'' - Shining firmoss, Shining clubmoss o*'' Lycopodium clavatum'' - Stag's-horn clubmoss, Ground pine o*'' Lycopodium obscurum'' - Groundpine, Tree clubmoss e, Wo Selaginellaceae (Spikemoss Family) *''

Selaginella apoda ''Selaginella apoda'', commonly known as meadow spikemoss, is a perennial lycophyte native to much of the eastern United States and parts of northeastern Mexico. The life cycle is the shortest of the genus ''Selaginella'', as well as one of the s ...

'' - Meadow spikemoss , R, Wo

Division
Equisetophyta Equisetidae is one of the four class (biology), subclasses of fern, Polypodiopsida (ferns), a group of vascular plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. They are commonly known as horsetails. They typically grow in wet areas, with ...

Equisetaceae (Horsetail Family) *''

Equisetum arvense ''Equisetum arvense'', the field horsetail or common horsetail, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the Equisetidae (horsetails) sub-class, native throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It has separate sterile ...

'' - Common horsetail , Wo*''

Equisetum hyemale ''Equisetum hyemale'' (commonly known as rough horsetail, scouring rush, scouringrush horsetail and, in South Africa, as snake grass) is a perennial herbaceous vascular plant in the horsetail family Equisetaceae. It is a native plant throughout t ...

'' - Scouring rush, Rough horsetail o*''

Equisetum sylvaticum ''Equisetum sylvaticum'', the wood horsetail, is a horsetail (family Equisetaceae) native to the Northern Hemisphere, occurring in North America and Eurasia. Because of its lacy appearance, it is considered among the most attractive of the horset ...

'' - Wood horsetail

Division Polypodiophyta

Aspleniaceae The Aspleniaceae (spleenworts) are a family of ferns, included in the order Polypodiales. The composition and classification of the family have been subject to considerable changes. In particular, there is a narrow circumscription, Aspleniaceae ...

(Spleenwort Family) *''

Asplenium platyneuron ''Asplenium platyneuron'' (syn. ''Asplenium ebeneum''), commonly known as ebony spleenwort or brownstem spleenwort, is a fern native to North America east of the Rocky Mountains. It takes its common name from its dark, reddish-brown, glossy sti ...

'' - Ebony spleenwort , R, Wo Dennstaediaceae (

Bracken Bracken (''Pteridium'') is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae. Ferns (Pteridophyta) are vascular plants that have alternating generations, large plants that produce spores and small plants that produce sex cells (eggs ...

Family) *'' Dennstaedtia punctilobula'' - Hay-scented fern , R, We, Wo*'' Pteridium aquilinum'' - Bracken , Wo Dryopteridaceae (Wood fern Family) *'' Athyrium filix-femina'' - Lady fern o*'' Athyrium filix-femina'' - Southern lady fern *''

Cystopteris fragilis ''Cystopteris fragilis'' is a species of fern known by the common names brittle bladder-fern and common fragile fern. It can be found worldwide, generally in shady, moist areas. The leaves are up to 30 or 40 centimeters long and are borne on fles ...

'' - Brittle fern, Bladder fern o*''

Deparia acrostichoides ''Deparia acrostichoides'', commonly called silvery glade fern or silvery spleenwort, is a perennial species of fern. Its range include much of the eastern United States and Canada, from Ontario to Nova Scotia, and Georgia to Louisiana and easte ...

'' - Silvery Spleenwort o*'' Dryopteris carthusiana'' - Spinulose shield fern, Narrow buckler fern o*'' Dryopteris cristata'' - Crested wood fern, Crested buckler fern o*''

Dryopteris marginalis ''Dryopteris marginalis'', vernacularly known as the marginal shield fern or marginal wood fern, is a perennial species of fern found in damp shady areas throughout eastern North America, from Texas to Minnesota and Newfoundland. It favors modera ...

'' - Marginal shield fern, Marginal wood fern , Wo*'' Onoclea sensibilis'' - Sensitive fern o, We*'' Polystichum acrostichoides'' - Christmas fern , R, We, Wo*'' Physematium obtusum'' - Blunt-lobed woodsia o

Ophioglossaceae Ophioglossaceae, the adder's-tongue family, is a small family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only family in the order Ophioglossales, which together with the Psilotales is placed in the sub ...

( Adder's-tongue Family) *'' Botrychium virginianum'' - Rattlesnake fern o*'' Sceptridium dissectum'' - Dissected grapefern o Osmundaceae ( Royal fern Family) *''

Osmunda cinnamomea ''Osmundastrum'' is genus of leptosporangiate ferns in the family Osmundaceae with one living species, ''Osmundastrum cinnamomeum'', the cinnamon fern. It is native to the Americas and eastern Asia, growing in swamps, bogs and moist woodlands. I ...

'' - Cinnamon fern , Wo*''

Osmunda claytoniana ''Claytosmunda'' is a genus of fern. It has only one extant species, ''Claytosmunda claytoniana'' ( synonym ''Osmunda claytoniana''), the interrupted fern, native to Eastern Asia, Eastern United States, and Eastern Canada. The specific epithet ...

'' - Interrupted fern , Wo* ''Osmunda regalis'' L. var. ''spectabilis'' - Royal fern o

Polypodiaceae Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broader ...

(

Polypody ''Polypodium'' is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is widely distributed throughout the world, with the highest s ...

Family) *''

Polypodium virginianum ''Polypodium virginianum'', commonly known as rock polypody, rock cap fern, or common polypody, is a small evergreen species of fern native to the Eastern United States and Canada. It generally grows on rocks and occasionally on tree roots in nat ...

'' - Common polypody , Wo Pteridaceae (Maidenhair fern Family) *''

Adiantum pedatum ''Adiantum pedatum'', the northern maidenhair fern or five-fingered fern, is a species of fern in the family Pteridaceae, native to moist forests in eastern North America. Like other ferns in the genus, the name maidenhair refers to the slender, ...

'' - Northern naidenhair fern o

Thelypteridaceae Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae. Alternatively, the family may be submerged in a v ...

(Marsh fern Family) *''

Parathelypteris noveboracensis ''Amauropelta noveboracensis'', the New York fern, is a perennial species of fern found throughout the eastern United States and Canada, from Louisiana to Newfoundland, but most concentrated within Appalachia and the Atlantic Northeast. New York ...

'' - New York fern o*''

Phegopteris hexagonoptera ''Phegopteris hexagonoptera'', commonly called the broad beech fern, is a common forest fern in the eastern United States and adjacent Ontario. It grows from a creeping rootstock, sending up individual fronds that more or less clump. Its native h ...

'' - Broad beech fern

External links

Maryland Dept. Natural Resources — "Guide to the Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area"
{{Flora of the United States by political division, state=expanded Ferns of the United States, .Soldiers Delight Ferns Soldiers Delight related Ferns of the Americas

Division Lycopodiophyta

Division
Equisetophyta Equisetidae is one of the four class (biology), subclasses of fern, Polypodiopsida (ferns), a group of vascular plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. They are commonly known as horsetails. They typically grow in wet areas, with ...

Division Polypodiophyta

See also

Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area plant lists

Related flora articles

References

External links

Division Lycopodiophyta

Division Equisetophyta Equisetidae is one of the four class (biology), subclasses of fern, Polypodiopsida (ferns), a group of vascular plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. They are commonly known as horsetails. They typically grow in wet areas, with ...

Division Polypodiophyta

See also

Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area plant lists

Related flora articles

References

External links

Division
Equisetophyta Equisetidae is one of the four class (biology), subclasses of fern, Polypodiopsida (ferns), a group of vascular plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. They are commonly known as horsetails. They typically grow in wet areas, with ...