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Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

The sterile and fertile fronds of this fern are quite different. The bright, yellow-green sterile fronds are deeply pinnatifid and are typically borne at intervals along a creeping rhizome. They grow to about 90 cm long, with a long, smooth stipe. The fertile fronds are much smaller, non-green, and have very narrow pinnae.

Habitat:

temperate forest, swamps,

Notes:

There were a lot of sensitive ferns growing in Short Hills Provincial Park.

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PublishedMay 22, 2011

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