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Lady Fern
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Lady Fern 

(Athyrium filix-femina), an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Polypodiaceae. The leaf blades are bipinnate or tripinnate. The sori, which are elliptic, falcate, or hooked, are situated along the lateral veins of the leaf blade segments. The indusia have incised edges and shed when ripe. The lady fern is found in the forest zone of the northern hemisphere, growing in damp, shaded places. The plant is used as an ornamental and medicinally as an anthelmintic.
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Cut it to the ground with a string trimmer (weed eater) or hedge shears, dig up clumps of it and plant one gallon or five gallon lady ferns.
GARDENING Plants that can win battle against ivy by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
ATHYRIUM {eh-THIR-ee-um} Roth 1799 * Lady Ferns * (Greek athyros, doorless; sporangia tardily pushing open margin of indusium.
Pteridophytes of Northeast Alabama and adjacent highlands iv: ... by Spaulding, Daniel D.; Ballard, J. Mark; Whetstone, R. David / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
 
 
 
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