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Long beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis)

Phegopteris connectilis

Description 2

• Fiddleheads: emerge early spring, slender purple-brown stems covered in brown scales and scattered hairs
• Fronds : At top of stem a single compound leaf, triangular in outline, 6 to 18 inches long and up to 10 inches wide, longer than wide, 12 to 15 pairs of branches oppositely arranged, central stem winged with leaf-like appendages that connect all pinnae together, except for gap above lowest pair, lowest pair usually largest and angled down
• Spores : group of spores found on underside of leaf, circular and arranged around edges of pinnae lobe, at or near tip of vein, may be few yellowish, short-stalked glands along the keel of individual spore case, ripen to dark brown, not all leaves have spores
• Fruiting season : Early to mid-summer
• Height: 6-24 inches
• Habitat : average to moist forests, wooded bluffs, cliffs, rocky banks

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  1. (c) Arthur Chapman, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/32005048@N06/4729678921
  2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

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