Osmunda
Family:
Osmundaceae
Kathleen Pigg
FNA
Gleason & Cronquist
Resources
R. David Whetstone
T. A. Atkinson in Flora of North America (vol. 2)
Plants terrestrial. Stems creeping; tips often somewhat erect. Leaves dimorphic; fertile leaves erect, often notably smaller than sterile leaves in length and width. Blades 1--2-pinnate; pinnae monomorphic to dimorphic, pinnatifid or pinnate.
Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Coarse ferns with pinnate-pinnatifid or bipinnate lvs. 10, cosmop
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Species within checklist:
A Floristic Study of Long Hope Creek Valley
Osmunda acuta
Osmunda herbacea
Osmunda japonica
Osmunda lancea
Osmunda regalis
Osmunda ruggii
Osmunda spectabilis
Osmunda spicant
Images
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Osmunda vachellii
Osmunda x ruggii