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Species of plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sceptridium biternatum, the southern grapefern or sparse-lobe grape fern , is a perennial fern in the family Ophioglossaceae, occurring in eastern North America. It occurs in "low woods, in hardwood and pine forests, in fields, and on roadsides."[2] Like other grape ferns, it depends on a mycorrhizal association in the soil to survive.
Sceptridium biternatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Ophioglossales |
Family: | Ophioglossaceae |
Genus: | Sceptridium |
Species: | S. biternatum |
Binomial name | |
Sceptridium biternatum (Sav.) Underwood | |
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In the fall its leaves and stem turn a reddish-brown / bronze color; a local name for it is “red fern”.[3]
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