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| July 2, 2012 | Southeastern, New Hampshire |
At first I thought this might be Eastern Hay-Scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)
since it is a green-yellow color and did not grow in circular clumps. But Eastern
Hay-Scented Fern is bipinnate-pinnatifid and the sparse and very small, cup-shaped sori
are found on the sinus margins. New York Fern is bipinnate and the sori are more common,
much larger, horseshoe-shaped and not on the sinuses of the margins. New York Fern has
a long, hairy rachis (midrib of leaf blade) while Eastern Hay-Scented Fern has shorter
and fewer hairs. Some keys to identifying this fern include:
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