Dryopteridaceae
32 species
Shield ferns family; widespread temperate and tropical ferns, mostly ornamental.
Athyrium niponicum - (Mett.)Hance.
Painted Fern, Japanese Silver Painted Fern
Edible: Leaves
Athyrium squamigerum - (Mett.)Ohwi.
Edible: Leaves
Cyrtomium fortunei
Fortune's cyrtomium, Japanese holly fern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Dryoathyrium boryanum
Dryopteris arguta
Yerb del golpe
Edible: Rhizome, Root
Dryopteris carthusiana
Narrow buckler fern
Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Root
Dryopteris crassirhizoma
fern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Dryopteris cucullata
Edible: Leaves
Dryopteris cyatheoides
fern, Kikawaio, Kikawaioa, Pakikawaio
Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Shoots, Root
Dryopteris dilatata
Broad Buckler Fern, Shield fern
Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Root
Dryopteris expansa
Spiny Wood Fern, Shield fern
Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Root
Dryopteris filix-mas
Male fern, Sweet Brake
Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Root, Caution
Dryopteris hirtipes
Fern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Dryopteris juxtaposita
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Dryopteris marginalis
Dryopteris marginata
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Dryopteris nodosa
Dryopteris paleacea
fern, Raki raki
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Dryopteris raddeana
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Dryopteris sieboldii
Japanese wood fern
Edible: Roots - flour
Dryopteris sparsa
Shield fern, Wood fern
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Dryopteris splendens
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Hypodematium crenatum
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Nephrodium esculentum
Edible: Root, Starch
Nephrodium heterocarpon
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Peranema nodosum
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas fern, Hard shield fern, Prickly shield fern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Polystichum aculeatum
Christmas fern, Hard shield fern, Prickly shield fern, Kuthiore, Kuthurka
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Polystichum keysserianum
Edible: Fronds ?
Polystichum munitum
Sword fern, Giant holly fern, Western sword fern
Edible: Root, Rhizome
Polystichum tripteron
Edible: Shoots
Thelypteris arbuscula
Fern
Edible: Fronds, Leaves