Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dryopteridaces
Genus: Dryopteris
Species: D. clintoniana
Identifying Characteristics:
- Height: 2-4 ft tall
- Location of spores: underside of fronds (leaves)
- Color: bluish-green, light green
- Leaflets: The lowest pair of leaflets are each shaped as a broad-basd triangle
- Fronds: are up to 20cm wide, 90-135cm long; they are "lanceolate," which means they are lance-shaped with long, tapered apex and a short, tapered base; "bipinnatifid," which means that the leaflets and pinnules are both deeply lobed
Special Adaptations:
-Habitat: swamp woods, deciduous forest
- shade tolerant
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