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Sensitive Fern "Onoclea sensibilis"

Photo by greg.dunsmore
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Field Notes

Description:

Green fern with red stem

Habitat:

Wetlands southeastern michigan

Notes:

Also known as bead fern. Bears it's spores on seperate fertile fronds that have clusters of small bead like spore containing capsules at the top of the seperate fertile fronds.

Reference Links:

Onoclea sensibilis L.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Yasser
Great! I've gone ahead and added the Encyclopedia of Life page for Onoclea sensibilis as a reference link.
greg.dunsmore
It is indeed a sensitive fern, I ended up finding it on the USDA plant profiles website right around the same time as your post. Thank you for the fast post and great ID.
Yasser
you'll have to copy and paste the link
Yasser
looks like it might be "sensitive fern" take a look here: http://homepage.mac.com/chpeirce/ferns/dryopteridaceae/sensitivefernFS.html
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PublishedApril 25, 2010

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