. How to know the ferns; a guide to the names, haunts and habits of our common ferns. Ferns. TRnilP II FERTILE FRONDS PARTIALLY LEAF-LIKE, ORUUr FERTILE PORTION UNLIKE REST OF FROND shady woods; that in mossy meadows of New England and Central New York the plant assumes a more con- tr acte d habit. He believes. its segments are more apt ^ , ,,„,,,, to be divided in shady Part o( sterile 'Wr'"^^ji\ portion of ^if^\ At?r situations than in open, sunny ground. The Ternate Grape Fern fruits in the fall. II. LITTLE GRAPE FERN Botrychium simplex Canada to Maryland, in moist woods and in fields.
. How to know the ferns; a guide to the names, haunts and habits of our common ferns. Ferns. TRnilP II FERTILE FRONDS PARTIALLY LEAF-LIKE, ORUUr FERTILE PORTION UNLIKE REST OF FROND shady woods; that in mossy meadows of New England and Central New York the plant assumes a more con- tr acte d habit. He believes. its segments are more apt ^ , ,,„,,,, to be divided in shady Part o( sterile 'Wr'"^^ji\ portion of ^if^\ At?r situations than in open, sunny ground. The Ternate Grape Fern fruits in the fall. II. LITTLE GRAPE FERN Botrychium simplex Canada to Maryland, in moist woods and in fields. Two to four inches high, rarely a little taller. Sterile portion.—Somewhat oblong, more or less lobed, occa- sionally 3-7 divided, usually short-stalked from near the middle of the plant, thick and fleshy. Fertile portion.—Either simple or once or twice-pinnate, taller than the sterile portion. This little plant is sufficiently rare to rejoice the neart of the fern hunter who is so fortunate as to 83. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Parsons, Frances Theodora, 1861-1952. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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