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New York Fern
Thelypteris noveboracensis

Other scientific names: Aspidium noveboracense, Dryopteris noveboracensis, Nephrodium thelypteroides, Polypodium noveboracense

French names: Thélyptère de New York

Family: Marsh Fern Family (Thelypteridaceae)

Native/Non-native: Native

Photographs: 39 photographs available, of which 6 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page

New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

New York Fern fronds are tapered at both ends. This is a distinctive feature of this fern. One way to ermmeber this is that New Yorkers "burn the candle at both ends".

New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

An entire New York Fern plant.

New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

New York Fern in the woods.

New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

Nice patch of New York Fern in the woods.

New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

A young New York Fern frond in April (Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee).


Range map for New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

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.

(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website and is displayed here in accordance with their Policies)