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interrupted fern

Osmunda claytoniana

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 277, February 285, March 450, April 882, May 1,694, June 794, July 598, August 540, September 568, October 465, November 291, December 260.
United States24,612
Canada8,258
Ontario3,869
Massachusetts2,765
New York2,753
Vermont2,440
Minnesota2,326
New Hampshire2,204
Wisconsin2,150
Maine2,142

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderOsmundales
FamilyRoyal fern family · Osmundaceae
GenusRoyal Ferns · Osmunda

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Practise interrupted fern with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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