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Nahanni oak fern

Gymnocarpium continentale

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 66, February 49, March 76, April 120, May 173, June 189, July 202, August 174, September 128, October 95, November 52, December 41.
United States1,406
Alaska1,364
Canada229
Ontario84
Nunavut41
Yukon29
Minnesota26
Russia23
Manitoba22
Quebec14

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
FamilyCystopteridaceae
Genusoak ferns · Gymnocarpium

Sources

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