Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray
Marginal wood 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 | Dryopteridaceae | Wood ferns (about 70% of the ferns) |
Genus | Dryopteris | From Greek dryas, “oak,” and pteris, “fern,” in reference to the presence of some species of wood ferns in woodland areas populated with oaks |
Species | marginalis | |
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Dryopteris marginalis description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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8/23/2009 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts ≈ 4 × 6" (10 × 15 cm) 

8/23/2009 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts ≈ 3½ × 2½" (9.8 × 6.6 cm) 

9/13/2009 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts ≈ 3½ × 2½" (9.8 × 6.6 cm) 

9/13/2009 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts ≈ 4½ × 3" (11 × 7.9 cm) 
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