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Ferns
4 species
Ostrich Fern (sterile fronds) - sterile frond 0.5 to 1.5 m - fertile frond 30 to 70 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2010
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Onocleaceae (Sensitve Fern family) - formerly
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Genus: Matteuccia - also Pteretis
Species: Struthiopteris - also Pensylvanica
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Pteridopsida - also Filicopsida, Polypodiopsida
Perennial - similar to Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytonia -
does not have separate fertile fronds) and Cinnamon Fern
(Osmunda cinnamomea) - native to Canada
does not have separate fertile fronds) and Cinnamon Fern
(Osmunda cinnamomea) - native to Canada
Division: Pteriodophyta (Ferns) - also Filicophyta
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Ostrich Fern (fertile fronds) - non-flowering - sterile frond 0.5 to 1.5 m - fertile frond 30 to 70 cm - Colonel Danforth Park - March 2010
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Onocleaceae (Sensitve Fern family) - formerly
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Genus: Matteuccia - also Pteretis
Species: Struthiopteris - also Pensylvanica
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Pteridopsida - also Filicopsida, Polypodiopsida
Perennial - the ferile fronds survive the winter and produce
spores in early spring - native to Canada
spores in early spring - native to Canada
Division: Pteriodophyta (Ferns) - also Filicophyta
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Updated December 27 2011
Bracken Fern (sterile frond) - non-flowering - frond (sterile & fertile) to 90 cm - height to 1m - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - June 2011
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern family)
Genus: Pteridium
Species: Aquilinum
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Pteridopsida - also Filicopsida, Polypodiopsida
Perennial - also known as Bracken, Brake - native to
Canada
Canada
Division: Pteriodophyta (Ferns) - also Filicophyta
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Sensitive Fern (sterile frond) - non-flowering - sterile frond 20 cm to 1 m - fertile frond 25 to 50 cm - Guildwood Park - August 2011
Order: Polypodiales
Genus: Onoclea
Species: Sensibilis
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Pteridopsida - also Filicopsida, Polypodiopsida
Perennial - also known as Bead Fern - sterile fronds are
sensitive to frost (ferile fronds survive the winter and
produce spores in early spring) - native to Canada
sensitive to frost (ferile fronds survive the winter and
produce spores in early spring) - native to Canada
Division: Pteriodophyta (Ferns) - also Filicophyta
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Family: Onocleaceae (Sensitve Fern family) - formerly
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Christmas Fern - non-flowering - fronds 30 to 80 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - October 2010
Order: Polypodiales
Genus: Polystichum
Species: Acrostichoides
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Pteridopsida - also Filicopsida, Polypodiopsida
Perennial - sterile fronds (and sterile pinnae of fertile
fronds) are evergreen - native to Canada
fronds) are evergreen - native to Canada
Division: Pteriodophyta (Ferns) - also Filicophyta
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Family: Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Ostrich Fern fiddleheads (young fern shoots) - non-flowering - sterile frond 0.5 to 1.5 m - fertile frond 30 to 70 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - April 2010
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Onocleaceae (Sensitve Fern family) - formerly
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Genus: Matteuccia - also Pteretis
Species: Struthiopteris - also Pensylvanica
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Pteridopsida - also Filicopsida, Polypodiopsida
Perennial - the ferile fronds survive the winter and produce
spores in early spring - native to Canada
spores in early spring - native to Canada
Division: Pteriodophyta (Ferns) - also Filicophyta
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Updated December 27 2011