Onoclea sensibilis: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

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Family Dryopteridaceae
Onoclea sensibilis L.
sensitive fern
Onoclea: used by Dioscorides for some probably boraginaceous plant
sensibilis: sensitive
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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial fern
Habitat:	wet woodlands
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Onoclea sensibilis L. f. obtusilobata (Schkuhr) Gilbert
Onoclea sensibilis L. var. obtusilobata (Schkuhr) Torr.

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