All about Lady Fern - Athyrium felix-femina. The Lady Fern is large. Its light green leaves are about 30 inches long and 10 inches wide. Many Lady Ferns will grow will grow in a group in a circle. Includes color photo, its scientific name, common names, description, adaptations, uses, status, habitat. ... In the wild,
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For a more detailed description of the differences between the varieties Athyrium felix-femina angustum (Northern Lady Fern) and Athyrium felix-femina asplenioides (Southern Lady Fern), see The Illustrated Flora of Illinois: Ferns (1967/1999) by Robert Mohlenbrock, or the website of Efloras (www.efloras.org).
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Lady Fern, Athyrium felix-feminand, have yellow-green to medium green fronds with feathery blade pairs. The upper blades of the Lady Fern are long-tapering and ascending. Plants spread slowly to form dense clumps. ... ; Home > Perennials > Ferns, Our Best Value > Lady Fern;
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Native peoples used tea made from lady fern roots to stimulate urination, to stop breast pains associated with childbirth, and to stimulate milk production in caked breasts. Tea made from the stems was taken to ease labour.
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Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) supplied by member gardeners in the PlantFiles database at Dave's Garden. ... There are many other fern species that will tolerate drier conditions. Lady fern is a slow speader in the short rhizome fern type. Grows to about 2...
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A PLANTS profile of Athyrium filix-femina (common ladyfern) from the USDA PLANTS database ... Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family ... southern lady fern...
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next fern ... Underside of lady fern leaflets, showing the sori (spore-bearing structures). ... Lady fern sori are shaped like eyebrows.
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A lacy, deciduous, densely clumping, perennial fern, 24"-36" tall. ... filix-femina, from the Latin, "fern-feminine" ... Genus Athyrium, the Lady Ferns...
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(a-thear' ee-um fee' lix fem' i-nah) ... Common name: Lady Fern ... Fronds: 2-3' long, 6-9" wide, twice pinnate, pinnae are lanceolate, pinnules are deeply cut; stalks (stipes) are tan, reddish or brownish...
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DESCRIPTION: This is a large group of hardy ferns. They are found throughout the temperate and tropical regions. A. Filix-femina, the Lady Fern, grows wild throughout Europe, Asia and North America. It has rich green fronds, from 1 to 3 feet in length.
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