Royal Fern
Scientific Name:Osmunda regalis
Altenative names, synonyms, exist for this plant. See RPC Plant Details and check the refernce websites for additional information.
Synonym:Osmunda spectabilis
Common Name Synonyms: Locust Leaf Fern
Variety: spectabilis


NOTES: Native to North, Central, and South America. Oblong leaflets make it look like a locust tree.

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Royal Fern
Genus species: Osmunda regalis
     Synonym: Osmunda spectabilis
Common Names: Royal Fern
Locust Leaf Fern
Variety:spectabilis
Family Name: Osmundaceae  
Rhizomes stout, covered with persistent leaf bases but lacking scales; leaves variously compound, scaleless; sporangia in dense clusters on reduced, stalklike pinnae, these on separate leaves from those bearing sterile pinnae, or in different portions of the leaf; sporangia with annulus incomplete.
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
Introduced Native
Category:Fern
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:M. Becus

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