Dryopteris carthusiana

Spinulose Wood Fern, Toothed Wood Fern

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Family: Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: June - September

Spinulose Wood Fern's pinnae have bristle-tipped teeth. Its basal pinnae's innermost pinnules are longer than the others of that pinna.

Spinulose Wood Fernis a tetraploid cross between Intermediate Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia), and an unknown other parent.




2 June 2024
Riverbend Regional Park, Great Falls, VA
2 June 2024
Riverbend Regional Park, Great Falls, VA
   




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