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Learn more about Athyrium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Athyrium angustum
FAMILY
Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Athyrium filix-femina var. michauxii
COMMON NAME:
Northern Lady Fern
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_afilixfeminaang1566
July
Indusia with hairs but not glands, edge attached to long sides of sori, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Emily B. Sessa ebs_afilixfeminaang1720
July
Pinnae sessile or with very short stalks, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow jkm070703_058
July Summers County WV
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Sori elongate. Spores yellowish to brownish, mature spores golden yellow, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow jkm070703_061b
July Summers County WV
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Blades broadly lanceolate w pointed tips, widest near or just below middle, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.