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Please help ID this fern

11 years ago

While cleaning an overgrown area around a garage on my sisters property I found this fern growing in a wild area in upstate NY. It has runners. Anyone know what this is? Sorry I didn't take pictures in situ but I was clearing the area of weeds so I put it in a small bucket and took the picture from there. Thanks for any help you can give.

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lycopus
10 years ago
Sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis
lovetogarden
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you. Now that I'm able to research it I find it's a very interesting plant.
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