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Osmunda claytoniana ~ interrupted fern

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Characteristics:

FAC
Michigan C Value: 6
fronds 1.2 m long
growth form is symmetric clump
fertile leaflets partway up the frond distinctive on the larger fronds
stipe (leaf stalk) is typically ungrooved, round in cross section, sometimes fuzzy tufts
oldest known fossil record of any living fern in the world (200 million years)
rich, mesic woods and open woods
native

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