Dryopteris goldiana
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Dryopteris goldiana or Goldie's wood fern is a fern native to the Northeastern United States
and adjacent areas of Canada
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It can grow larger than any other native North American Dryopteris species. Specimens are known with fronds six feet (1.8 meters) tall.
It is one of the parents of the hybrids Dryopteris celsa and Dryopteris clintoniana
.
Northeastern United States
The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau.-Composition:The region comprises nine states: the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; and the Mid-Atlantic states of New...
and adjacent areas of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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It can grow larger than any other native North American Dryopteris species. Specimens are known with fronds six feet (1.8 meters) tall.
It is one of the parents of the hybrids Dryopteris celsa and Dryopteris clintoniana
Dryopteris clintoniana
Dryopteris clintoniana, commonly known as Clinton's wood fern, is a fern of hybrid origin native to the northern hemisphere. It is a fertile hexaploid, arising as a species by doubling of its chromosome number from a hybrid between Dryopteris cristata, a tetraploid, and Dryopteris goldiana, a...
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