Introductory
SPECIES: Athyrium filix-femina | Lady Fern 



ABBREVIATION : 
ATHFIL

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ATFI


COMMON NAMES : 
   lady fern


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for lady fern is Athyrium
filix-femina (L.) Roth.  Recognized subspecies, varieties, and forms are
as follows [12,39]:

        A. filix-femina ssp. angustum (Willd.) Clausen
        A. filix-femina ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hulten

        A. filix-femina var. cyclosorum (Ledeb.) Moore
        A. filix-femina var. michauxii (Spreng.) Farw.
               forma michauxii
               forma elatius (Link) Clute
               forma rubellum (Gilbert) Farw.
               forma laurentianum (Butters) Fern.



LIFE FORM : 
Fern or Fern Ally

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Crystal Walkup, September 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Walkup, Crystal J. 1991. Athyrium filix-femina. In: Remainder of Citation

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