Family: Dryopteridaceae
fancy wood fern, glandular wood fern, intermediate wood fern
[Aspidium intermedium Muhl. ex Willd., more... ]
Etymology: Dryopteris: from 2 Greek words drys, "oak," and pteris, "fern," possibly referring to the plant's habitat
Plants: perennial fern
Plants: perennial fern
Floristic Rating: Wetland Indicator = FAC USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos
- innermost downward pointing pinnules on the lowermost pinnae the same length or shorter than the adjacent pinnules
-rachises, pinna midribs, and indusia with glandular hairs