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Gymnosperms Species

Ordered from A to Z according to family.

Bracken

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Pteridium aquilinum

Group: Ferns

Deer fern

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Blechnum spicant

Group: Ferns

Scots Pine

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Pinus sylvestris

Family: Pinaceae

Woodferns

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Dryopteris spp.

Group: Ferns
Examples: D. abbreviate, D. carthusiana, D. dilatate, D. filix-mas

Royal fern

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Osmunda regalis

Group: Ferns

Horsetails

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Equisetum spp.

Family: Equisetaceae
Examples: E. arvense, E. variegatum

Stag's horn clubmosses

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Clubmosses

Family: Lycopodiaceae
Example: Stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum); Marsh Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata); Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia selago); Alpine Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum alpinum)

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The University of Exeter

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The University of Sheffield

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