| Scientific Name: | Phegopteris hexagonoptera |
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| Genus species: | Phegopteris hexagonoptera |
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| Common Name: | Broad Beech Fern |
| Family Name: | Thelypteridaceae 
Rhizomes creeping, scaly; leaves various, often pubescent with ciliate margins and with needlelike trichomes on the rachis; petiole yellowish with 2 vascular bundles; sori dorsal, rounded to reniform; 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: | J.D. Mancini |
