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Common Ladyfern in Harford Co., Maryland (6/23/2014).
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Common Ladyfern in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2016).
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Kirsten Johnson.
Common Ladyfern in Washington Co., Maryland (5/2/2016).
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Linda Lewis.
Common Ladyfern in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (8/25/2013).
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Southern Ladyfern in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/1/2017).
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Common Ladyfern in Howard Co., Maryland (4/24/2013).
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Common Ladyfern growing in Kent Co., Maryland (3/27/2016).
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Common Ladyfern growing in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/8/2014).
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Common Ladyfern in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/20/2016).
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The sori of Common Ladyfern in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/20/2016).
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Common Ladyfern in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (9/5/2016).
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Common Ladyfern in Harford Co., Maryland (8/28/2016).
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Kirsten Johnson.
Common Ladyfern in Harford Co., Maryland (8/28/2016).
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Common Ladyfern in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2017).
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Common Ladyfern in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2017).
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Southern Ladyfern in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/13/2013). Verified by Dr. Carl Taylor.
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Common Ladyfern growing in Washington Co., Maryland (7/23/2015).
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Ladyfern species in Allegany Co., Maryland (9/25/2020). (c) aisawrights, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
Athyrium | |
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Athyrium filix-femina | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Athyriaceae |
Genus: | Athyrium Roth |

Athyrium (lady-fern) is a genus of about 180 species of terrestrial ferns, with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is placed in the family Athyriaceae, in the order Polypodiales.[1][2] Its genus name is from Greek a- ('without') and Latinized Greek thyreos ('shield'), describing its inconspicuous indusium (sorus' covering).[3] The common name "lady fern" refers in particular to the common lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina.[4]
Athyrium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the small angle shades and Sthenopis auratus.
Species
[edit]There are about 180, including:
References
[edit]- ^ Alan R. Smith; Kathleen M. Pryer; Eric Schuettpelz; Petra Korall; Harald Schneider; Paul G. Wolf (2006). "A classification for extant ferns" (PDF). Taxon. 55 (3): 705–731. doi:10.2307/25065646. JSTOR 25065646. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-26.
- ^ Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Harald Schneider (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2.
- ^ Lloyd H. Snyder Jr.; James G. Bruce (1 October 1986). Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-8203-2385-5. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Entry "lady fern", New Oxford American Dictionary 3rd edition (2010) by Oxford University Press, Inc.
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