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Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
| Botanical name: |
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth |
| Common
name: |
ladyfern |
| Group: |
fern |
| Family: |
Dryopteridaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
forb/herb |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
24-36" |
| Foliage: |
lacy, twice cut fronds.
Stipe is green or reddish above and dark at the base.
Spores are under the frond |
| Habitat: |
meadows, open thickets, moist woods |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
statewide, rarely in pine barrens and coast strip |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
Greek, Athyrium, "without shield", Latin, filix-femina "fern-feminine"
Reproduces by spores and rhizomes. .
A common landscape fern, that was very popular during the Victorian era.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1:30. |
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