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Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

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Field Notes

Description:

Evergreen Fern
If you look carefully at a frond, you see it has a small boot shape near the step, which makes the leaf appear like a christmas stocking.
It is one of the most common ferns in eastern North America

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Polystichum acrostichoides

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PublishedMarch 5, 2012

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