Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal wood fern)

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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9/24/2010 · Nissitissit River Wildlife Management Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 3" (11 × 7.9 cm)

8/23/2009 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 4 × 6" (10 × 15 cm)

9/24/2010 · Nissitissit River Wildlife Management Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 11 × 7" (27 × 18 cm)

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

Dryopteris marginalis description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 5 Oct 2021.

9/24/2010 · Nissitissit River Wildlife Management Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 3" (11 × 7.9 cm)

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

9/24/2010 · Nissitissit River Wildlife Management Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 11 × 7" (27 × 18 cm)

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

9/24/2010 · Nissitissit River Wildlife Management Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 3" (11 × 7.9 cm)

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