Dryopteris marginalis

type

IMAGE

Marginal Wood Fern

fern

species

size(ft)

2

cut

2

decid.

evergreen

garden

yes

ID tips

Narrow bipinnate frond; profuse medium brown scales

Pinule margins not toothed, leathery texture, veins look engraved

Sori at very margins of pinule

whereUsually on rocky slopes

ME

NH

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CT
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Comment

Marginal sori characteristic apparent in sterile hybrids

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