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Onoclea

a genus of ferns of the family Aspidiaceae. There is a single species, the sensitive fern (O. sensibilis), which is distributed in Asia and North America. In the USSR it grows in Transbaikalia, along the Amur River, in the Primor’e, in southern Sakhalin, and on the Kuril Islands. The sensitive fern is a low herbaceous plant. It has a horizontal rhizome, several sterile pinnatifid fronds, and a single bipinnate frond that bears the sporangia. The sensitive fern grows in clusters in meadows, in mossy marshes, along rivers, and in mixed forests. It is cultivated as an ornamental.

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No references found			ONOCLEA Linnaeus Sensitive fern Rhizomes long, slender, creeping, green; fronds dimorphic, sterile 30-80 cm, long, fertile 20-40 cm long; blades 15-40 cm long, pinnatifid into 12 pairs of oblong segments; sori in segmented segments at end of fertile stalks. Pteridophytes of southeast Alabama: Dichotomous keys, illustrations ... by Woods, Michael; Diamond, Alvin R., Jr / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science ONOCLEA {on-oh-KLEE-uh} Linnaeus 1753 * Sensitive Fern * [Greek onos, vessel, and kleiein, to close; son are inclosed by inrolled leaf margins. 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			sense strand sense switch sense-data Sensibility sensible sensible atmosphere sensible heat sensible heat factor sensible horizon sensible temperature sensible-heat factor sensible-heat flow Sensillum sensing sensing antenna sensing device Sensing Element sensing signal sensing station sensing zone technique sensistor sensitive sensitive altimeter sensitive clay sensitive data sensitive fern sensitive plant sensitive switch sensitive time sensitive volume Sensitivity sensitivity function sensitivity time control sensitivity training Sensitivity, Photographic Sensitivity, Receiver Sensitization Sensitization, Optical Sensitizing Dye Sensitometer Sensitometry Sensor sensor network sensorineural deafness sensorium Sensors, Biological sensory sensory aphasia sensory area sensory cell sensory control			sensitive Sensitive Activity Vulnerability Estimate sensitive altimeter Sensitive Applications Security Officer Sensitive but unclassified Sensitive But Unclassified Network sensitive clay Sensitive Compartmented Information Sensitive Compartmented Information Sensitive Compartmented Information Billet System Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility Sensitive Compartmented Information Monitor Sensitive Compartmented Information Network Sensitive Compartmented Intelligence Sensitive Countries Information Logging System Sensitive Country Foreign National sensitive data Sensitive dependence on initial conditions Sensitive dependence on initial conditions Sensitive dependence on initial conditions Sensitive Dependence to Initial Conditions Sensitive dependency on initial conditions Sensitive dependency on initial conditions Sensitive dependency on initial conditions Sensitive Discussion Area Sensitive Earth Fault Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory Sensitive Electronic Equipment/System Sensitive Female Chord Progression sensitive fern Sensitive flame Sensitive Gestalt Massage Sensitive Habitat and Inventory Mapping Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe Sensitive Index Sensitive Information Report Sensitive Information Summary Sensitive Information/Talent Keyhole Sensitive Investigative Unit Sensitive joint vetch Sensitive joint vetch sensitive lamina sensitive lamina sensitive lamina Sensitive Landscape Character Assessment Sensitive market Sensitive Markets Sensitive Needs Yard Sensitive New Age Guy Sensitive New Age Pilot Sensitive Nuclear Technology Sensitive paper Sensitive Particle Acoustic Quantification sensitive pea Sensitive Personal Information Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information sensitive plant sensitive plant sensitive plant

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