. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. 138 THE WOOD FERNS. greatly when removed from their natural surroundings. Tried by any of these standards, Goldie's fern (Aspidiuni Goldieanuni) will scarcely be found wanting. It is a magnificent species, the tallest of the wood ferns, and almost equalling the Osmundas in size. The fronds are ovate or lanceolate in outline, often four feet high and more than a foot wide and grow from a creeping horizontal rootstock as thick as one's thumb. The stipes of the young crosiers are covered with large pale-brown scales that near
. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. 138 THE WOOD FERNS. greatly when removed from their natural surroundings. Tried by any of these standards, Goldie's fern (Aspidiuni Goldieanuni) will scarcely be found wanting. It is a magnificent species, the tallest of the wood ferns, and almost equalling the Osmundas in size. The fronds are ovate or lanceolate in outline, often four feet high and more than a foot wide and grow from a creeping horizontal rootstock as thick as one's thumb. The stipes of the young crosiers are covered with large pale-brown scales that near the base shade into a deeper tint. The fronds are nearly twice pinnate, the stalked lanceolate acuminate pinnae being cut nearly to the midrib into long, obtuse, slightly serrate, falcate pinnules. The texture is thin but firm and the colour a peculiar deep blue-green shade, lighter beneath. In colour and cutting of the fronds, this is much like the mar- ginal shield fern, and small forms may sometimes be con- fused with it, but the pinn^ are not so deeply lobed and the sori are never on the margin as in that species. The fertile fronds are like the sterile and are well fruited by the middle of June. The sori are rather large and borne in a row on each side of the mid-vein and near to it. Goldie's fern is found from Canada to North Carolina, Tennessee and Minnesota. It delights in deep moist woodlands at medium elevations where there is not much. A FRUITING 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 Clute, Willard Nelson, b. 1869. New York, F. A. Stokes Co
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