Schizaeaceae
Sporangia in comb-like, lateral or apical sporangiophores with protective flanges serving as false indusia. Stipes without flap-like expansions. Wiry or ribbon-like terrestrial plants under 15 cm high, with creeping or erect rhizomes, clothed with hairs or scales Schizaeaceae
Sterile fronds divided or, if simple, then 0.3–1 mm broad and terete or slightly flattened with revolute margins
Sterile fronds forked to much divided (with up to 175 branchlets) or, if undivided, then 0.5–1 mm broad and slightly flattened with revolute margins. 10–20 pairs of sporangia on a soriferous pinnule
Fertile fronds simple or dichotomously divided 1 – 2 times, with 1–7 heads in a fan-shaped arrangement. Sterile fronds usually branched below the middle
Sterile fronds unbranched or absent. Fertile fronds unbranched or dichotomously divided once rarely twice, the forkings more irregular than in S. dichotoma. Stipe smooth to rough. Widespread. Open forests, sandstone scrub or heath, among rocks, often in sandy soil Schizaea bifida
Sterile fronds dichotomously divided 1 – several times. Fertile fronds dichotomously divided 1 – 5 times. Stipe rough. Moist areas Schizaea asperula