Southern Fragile Fern
Scientific Name:Cystopteris protrusa
Common Name Synonyms: Fragile Fern, Lowland Bladderfern


NOTES: Native to eastern Canada, and the eastern and midwestern United States. Form large, dense colonies, thriving in shady areas. Deciduous.

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Southern Fragile Fern
Genus species: Cystopteris protrusa
Common Names: Southern Fragile Fern
Fragile Fern
Lowland Bladderfern
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
Identified by:M. Becus

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