Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hulten


Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hulten #1
Synonym(s):  Athyrium asplenioides (Michx.) A. A. Eat. 
Common Name(s):  Southern lady fern
Family Name(s):  Dryopteriaceae,
Polypodiaceae

Type:  Terrestrial 
Sterile Frond Division:  2-pinnate to 2-pinnate pinnatifid 
Sterile Frond Shape:  Lance-shaped 
Fertile Frond Shape:  Resembles Sterile Frond 
Sori:  Linear 
Growth:  Creeping 

Habitat: Moist woods, swamps. 

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