Dryopteraceae: Wood Ferns
Herbs with erect or creeping rhizomes
Leaves simple or 1-5 times pinnate, mono or di-morphic, circinate vernation
Sporangia stalked, small, with an erect partial annulus, in sori or scattered on undersurface of leaf
Indusium linear to round, attached centrally or on one side of sorus, away from margin
Ornamentals: Dryopteris, Polystichum, Athyrium, Cystopteris, Onoclea, etc.