| Scientific Name: | Athyrium filix-femina |
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| Genus species: | Athyrium filix-femina |
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| Common Name: | Lady Fern |
| Family Name: | Dryopteridaceae 
Rhizomes creeping, scaly; leaves various, the petioles with 2-many vascular bundles; sori dorsal on veins or at vein tips, an indusium present in most, linear to reniform to hoodlike or lobed but not marginal; sporangia with annulus complete. |
| Seed Type: | Gymnosperm |
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native |
| Category: | Fern |
| CNC Habitat: | Herb Wall |
| Identified by: | J.D. Mancini |
