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Category: Ferns

Smooth Cliff Brake (Pellaea glabella)

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Very small fern which prefers rock ledges

Occurrence
Found in large brush island

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Bracken Fern – Pteridium aquilinum

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Fern with distinct three-way fronds

Occurrence
Planted along fern path and on the spring in the back 40 woods.

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Fragile Fern – Cystopteris protrusa

Native To State: NO
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Small delicate fern

Occurrence
Found on outcropping on fern walk

Author daivPosted on July 16, 2018Categories FernsLeave a comment on Fragile Fern – Cystopteris protrusa

Narrow Beach Fern – Hegopteris hexagonoptera

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Small fern with a single triangular frond.

Occurrence
Found along fern walk

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Maidenhair Fern – Adiantum pedatum

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Very delicate fern with horizontal fronds on top of a narrow black stem which resembles a thick dark strand of hair.

Occurrence
Found near the crick and along the fern walk

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Common Polypody – Polypodium virginianum

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Small fern with evergreen fronds.

Occurrence
Found in the rock outcropping on the fern walk.

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Cinnamon Fern – Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Moderate sized fern with silvery fiddle heads in the spring and a cinnamon colored fertile frond in the fall.

Occurrence
Several specimens found along fern walk as well as near creek and in the back 40 spring area.

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Braun’s Holly Fern – Polystichum braunii

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Medium fern distinctly leathery thick appearing fronds.

Occurrence
Several specimens found along fern walk

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Northern Marsh Fern – Thelypteris palustris

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description
Medium fern with narrow fronds

Occurrence
Found along the edge of the old beaver pond marsh and the former pasture woods.

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Sensitive Fern – Onoclea sensibilis

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description
Medium sized fern with smooth lobed fronds.

Occurrence
Along fern walk and in various locations of the back 40 woods.

Author daivPosted on July 16, 2018June 30, 2019Categories FernsLeave a comment on Sensitive Fern – Onoclea sensibilis

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