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SILVERY SPLEEKWORT 



(Athyri"am thelypteroides) 



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Frond 1* to 3i feet long, 6 to 12 inches wide. Nearly 

 IwiSe-pinnate! Creeping rootstock. Whole frond covered 

 with fine hairs. Blade lanceolate. Pinnules having 

 IppearaSce of being cut off squarely. Sori in several 

 crescent-shaped pairs on the back of the pinnules. 

 In wet woods. Not common. 



LADY FERN 



(Athyriura f ilix-foemina) 



Frond 1-k to 4- feet long. In tufts at end of creeping 

 rootstock. Stipes sometimes tinged with reddish. Black 

 scales. Blade tapers both vfays from center. Lower pair 

 of pinnae deflexed, Sori usually in crescent-shaped 

 pairs on back of pinnules. 



Moist woods and roadsides, Comnon, 



