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Phegopteris dryopteris (L.) Fee 

 Oak fern 

 Rich moist woods. Common. Tlie three species of Phegopteris 

 are frequently seen growing together. August. 



Woodwardia virginica (L.) J. E. Smith 

 Virginia chain fern 

 Bogs north of Barton. Rare. July. 



Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link 



Walking fern 



Found sparingly on a few rocks west of Barton. Au 



October. 



Asplenium trichomanes L. 



Maidenhair spleenwort 



Rocky walls of deep ravines and on stony banks. Common. 



July-September. 



Asplenium platyneuron (L.j Oakes 



A. e b e n e u m Ait. 



Ebony spleenwort 



On rocks and banks. Infrequent. July-September. 



Asplenium acrostichoides Sw. 

 A. thelypteroides Michx. 

 Silvery spleemcort 

 Rich moist woods. Infrequent. August-October. 



Asplenium filix-foemina (L.) Bernh. 

 Lady fern 

 In woods, thickets and by walls and fences. Common. The 

 fronds are quite variable. July- August. 



Adiantum pedatum L. 

 Maidenhair fern 

 Abundant in moist woodlands. July-September. 



Pteris aquilina L. 

 Brake, Bracken. 

 On shrubby hillsides, borders of fields and roads and in open 

 woods. Common. July-September. 



