Matteuccia struthiopteris: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro var. pensylvanica (Willd.) C.V.Morton image

Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann

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Family Dryopteridaceae
Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro var. pensylvanica (Willd.) C.V.Morton
American ostrich fern, ostrich fern
Matteuccia: for Carlo Matteucci, Italian physics professor
struthiopteris: presumably Greek struthokamelos for "ostrich" and pteris for "a fern"

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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial fern
Habitat:	wet woodlands
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Synonyms

Matteuccia pensylvanica (Willd.) Raymond
Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro var. pubescens (Terry) Clute
Onoclea struthiopteris (L.) Hoffm. var. pensylvanica (Willd.) B.Boivin
Pteretis nodulosa (Michx.) Nieuwl.
Pteretis nodulosa (Michx.) Nieuwl. f. pubescens (Terry) Fernald
Pteretis pensylvanica (Willd.) Fernald
Pteretis pensylvanica (Willd.) Fernald f. pubescens (Terry) Fernald
Pteretis struthiopteris (L.) Nieuwl.
Struthiopteris pensylvanica Willd.

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