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Tuber Sword Fern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Photo by Psilo
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Field Notes

Habitat:

considered invasive in Florida

Notes:

Okay so I dug up a common fern and found it had fuzzy grape like nodules on it's roots. I was curious as to if they were edible.

it is known as the tuber sword fern.

the site claims that N. exalta NEVER bears tubers on it's roots. It's definately N cordifolia.

an interesting thing, I found in many different sources that the tubers are edible and natives in nepal eat them regularly.
http://procezzed.blogspot.com/2012/02/nephrolepis-cordifolia.html

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