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Adiantum pedatum
maidenhair fern - 1.5-2' tall - fine-textured, somewhat frilly fronds which have curved stalks and are palmately divided - Wiry stems are reddish-brown to black |
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Asplenium bulbiferum
mother fern - bubils (small little ferns) on top of fronds fall off to make new plants |
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Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'
Japanese painted fern - weeping habit, typically grows to 18" tall - triangular, variegated fronds - soft grayish-green with an overlay of silvery hues accented by contrasting dark maroon midribs - spore-producing structures located in herringbone pattern along the veins of the pinnules |
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Dryopteris erythrosora
autumn fern; red shield-fern - arching, evergreen fern that grows in a vase-shaped clump - 2' tall - new fronds unfurl in shades of orange-red to copper pink before eventually maturing to deep green - triangular, bi-pinnate fronds |
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Matteuccia struthiopteris
ostrich fern - clump-forming - upright to arching - 2-3' - finely dissected, medium green fronds (feathery like ostrich plumes) - fronds emerge at narrow base - inner, erect spike-like dark brown fertile fronds much shorter and remain dark brown |
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Osmunda cinnamomea
cinnamon fern - 2-3' tall in clumps - separate spore-bearing, stiff, fertile fronds quickly turn brown - cinnamon colored fibers near frond bases |
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Osmunda regalis
regal fern - tall (2-3'), clumps - broad fronds with large, well-separated leaflets which give it an almost pea-family appearance - spores located in brown, tassel-like clusters at tips of fronds |
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Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas fern - fountain-like clump to 2' tall - leathery, lance-shaped, evergreen fronds - stocking shape of leaflets - fiddleheads in spring are silvery and scaled - sori appear on undersides of leaflets only at ends of fronds |
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Polystichum munitum
western sword fern - western equivalent of Christmas fern - more pointed and longer fronds - evergreen, smaller |
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Rumohra adiantiformis
leather fern -look like made from plastic - spores in lines of two on back of leaves |
