Athyrium filix-femina

Dryopteridaceae

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

Delaware, District of Columbia, New York, West Virginia

Fern

1 - 3ft

- ft

(inconspicuous)

;

Partial Sun

Loamy, Sandy

Moist, Wet

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wet woods, moist banks, wooded hillsides, sandy bogs

varieties occur throughout region; in MD, VA can also use subspecies asplenioides (southern lady fern)