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Author Garden: mystery fern Jiffymouse guest posted                 found this fern in my yard and really liked it. any clue what it is? Seeded: 12.77.200.253 Bill The Garden Helper Member # 1 posted                       Is it a Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) ? http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=ATFI * * * * Plants: 11227 | From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 4.242.90.212 Jiffymouse guest posted                 i don't think so. it occured to me, after i posted the picture, that i should have included more details. first of all, the leaf parts that are joined on the lady fern, are seperate on this one. they are almost like small individual leaves on the branches of each frond. almost remenisceint of a memosa. each frond is about 18-24 inches tall and it doesn't drape at all. it has to be one of the most upright ferns i have ever seen. the width of each frond is 5-8 inches at the widest part. I will take a better picture tomorrow, with some kind of measurement scale included. Seeded: 12.77.201.200 obywan59 Garden Pro! Member # 2222 posted                       Did that picture come through right? I couldn't see it. * * * * Terry May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Seeded: 65.133.93.147 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       I couldn't either, Jiff! Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.111.8 Jiffymouse guest posted                 fixed it. Seeded: 12.77.201.17 obywan59 Garden Pro! Member # 2222 posted                       Can you get a close up of a leaf? What sort of conditions--It looks like it's in the woods, but is it on a dry slope or near a stream. . .? * * * * Terry May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Seeded: 65.132.111.168 Jiffymouse guest posted                 on closer inspection, it may well be a lady fern. i tried for a closer pic today, but didn't get it to turn out right. it is in an area with very good drainage, close to the top of a gentle slope in the middle of a stand of pine trees. the pines were planted when this land was a tree farm. Seeded: 12.77.200.169 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Is the picture there and I don't see it??? Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.111.8 papito Super Gardener Member # 1346 posted                       Upright fern? Check "STICHERUS" Images at Google.com * * * * Amor est vitae essentia. Love is the essence of life. Plants: 932 | From: Northern California, Zone 9b | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 198.81.26.17

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