. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. .MaiHiiial Sliield Fern. AspiilniiiL jiianjiiiair (From Woulsoos FerDS, Uuubludiiy. Page & Co.) The Fern Lovers Companiox 133. Snri (if M^iryiniil SI iriii vrn (1) Margixal Shield Fekx. Everhreex VOod Ferx Aspidium manjinalr. TnEL-iPTERis jiahcixalis Drjjopfcris mari/iiialis. \cphrbdiiini iiKirt/iiialr Fronds from a few inches to tliree feet long, (n-ate-oblong, somewhat leathery, smooth, twice lanceolate, acuminate, broadest just above the oblong, often slightly falcate, entire or toothe
. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. .MaiHiiial Sliield Fern. AspiilniiiL jiianjiiiair (From Woulsoos FerDS, Uuubludiiy. Page & Co.) The Fern Lovers Companiox 133. Snri (if M^iryiniil SI iriii vrn (1) Margixal Shield Fekx. Everhreex VOod Ferx Aspidium manjinalr. TnEL-iPTERis jiahcixalis Drjjopfcris mari/iiialis. \cphrbdiiini iiKirt/iiialr Fronds from a few inches to tliree feet long, (n-ate-oblong, somewhat leathery, smooth, twice lanceolate, acuminate, broadest just above the oblong, often slightly falcate, entire or large, round, close to the margin. 134 The Fern Lovers Companiox Rocky hillsides in rich woods, rather common through-out our area. The heavy rootstock rises slightly abovethe ground and is clothed at the crown with shaggy, brownscales. Its rising caudex, often creeping for several inchesover bare rocks, suggests the habit of a tree fern. Inearly spring it sends up a graceful circle of large, hand-some, l)luish-green blades. The stipes are short anddensely chaffy. No other wood fern endures the winter sowell. The fronds burdened with snow lop over among thewithered leaves and continue
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