Onoclea sensibilis
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Onoclea sensibilis |
| Common name: | sensitive fern |
| Group: | fern |
| Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 18 - 24" |
| Foliage: | stipe is yellow or pale tan, dark brown at the base. spores on separate fertile fronds |
| Spores: | late June to October |
| Habitat: | low, rich, moist soils of open woods, moist meadows |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide but unusual in the pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |