Pteridaceae
38 edible species
Fern family including bracken and maidenhair ferns, with fronds varying from delicate to robust.
Golden Mangrove fern
Edible: Shoots, Roots, Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable
Giant fern, Giant leather-fern
Edible: Buds, Fiddleheads, Vegetable
Mangrove fern, Wikakas fern
Edible: Root, Rhizome - starch, Fronds, Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Common Maidenhair fern
Edible: Leaves - tea, Fronds - tea
True Maidenhair fern
Edible: Fronds, Leaves - flavouring, Leaves - tea, Vegetable
Walking maidenhair, Trailing maidenhair
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Edible: Leaves - tea, Fronds - tea
Fan-leaved maidenhair
Edible: Leaves - tea
Northern Maidenhair fern, Five fingered fern
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Water fern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Floating fern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Swamp fern, Water sprite, Water hornfern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds, Vegetable
Lip fern
Edible: Leaves - tea
Ressurection Fern
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Rhizome - starch, Root, Leaves, Fronds
Edible: Stems - tea
Tea fern, Bird's foot fern
Edible: Fronds - tea, Leaves - tea
California cliffbrake
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Cretan brake fern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Slender brake fern
Edible: Leaves, Fronds
Fern
Edible: Root, Starch, Fronds, Leaves
Edible: Medicine
Giant brake
Edible: Fronds, Leaves
Chinese brake
Edible: Shoots, Caution
Edible: Leaves, Fronds