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Osmundaceae Family “The Royal Fern Family” (AKA “The C innamon Fern Family”). By: Levi Eggermont. Family Notes. 3 genera, 16-36 species. Herbs with upright aerial or horizontal subterranean, dichotomously branched stems; scales absent.
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OsmundaceaeFamily“The Royal Fern Family”(AKA “The Cinnamon Fern Family”) By: Levi Eggermont
Family Notes • 3 genera, 16-36 species. • Herbs with upright aerial or horizontal subterranean, dichotomously branched stems; scales absent. • Leaves alternate, large, one or more times pinnate, either dimorphic, or some leaves differentiated into fertile and sterile segments. • Sporangia large and stalked.
Osmundacinnomonea(Cinnamon Fern) Cinnamon fern
sources • http://www.zaepfel.org/ferns/fernpictures/osmunda_claytoniana.jpg • http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=osmunda+claytoniana&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=bXnIS5PoG4qwNpDC9f4I&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQsAQwAA • Vascular Plant Taxonomy, Fourth edition. Walters, Dirk. Keil, David. 1975. Pg. 99. • http://plants.usda.gov/maps/large/OS/OSCI.png • http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=OSCI