Other common names:
Silvery Spleenwort Other scientific names: Asplenium acrostichoides, Asplenium thelypterioides, Athyrium acrostichoides, Athyrium pycnocarpum, Athyrium thelypterioides, Deparia pycnocarpon, Diplazium acrostichoides Family: Wood Fern Family (Dryopteridaceae) Similar species: • Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) - grows in wet areas. • Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) • Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Fronds: Twice divided Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Uncommon.
Notes:
Often overlooked due to its similarity to other Wood Ferns.
Photographs:
13 photographs available, of which 4 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
A patch of Silvery Glade Fern.
Closeup of the upper side of a frond.
The silvery-white indusia on the underside of the leaflets give this fern its common name. Note the pattern.
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
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