Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Hay-scented fern)

Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore

Hay-scented fern, hayscented fern

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Pteridophyta	Ferns
Class	Filicopsida	“Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns
Order	Polypodiales	Polypod ferns
Family	Dennstaedtiaceae	After August William Dennstedt (1776-1826), German physician and botanist, burgomaster of Magdala, director of the Belvedere garden near Weimar, and author of a work entitled Hortus Belvedereanus, a compilation of some 1500 plants. I have no information as to why the family name is spelled differently than his name
Genus	Dennstaedtia
Species	punctilobula

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Dennstaedtia punctilobula description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

10/3/2010 · Tarkill Interpretive Trail, Rte 402, Poconos, Peck’s Pond, Pennsylvania
≈ 12 × 8" (31 × 20 cm)

10/3/2010 · Tarkill Interpretive Trail, Rte 402, Poconos, Peck’s Pond, Pennsylvania
≈ 12 × 17" (29 × 44 cm)

9/20/2009 · Wild Gardens of Acadia, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine
≈ 21 × 14" (52 × 34 cm)

5/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 12 × 17" (29 × 44 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 17 × 12" (44 × 29 cm)

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