Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Broad Beech Fern)

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée

Dryopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) C. Chr.

Thelypteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Weath.

Broad Beech Fern

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Pteridophyta	Ferns
Class	Filicopsida	“Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns
Order	Polypodiales	Polypod ferns
Family	Thelypteridaceae
Genus	Phegopteris
Species	hexagonoptera

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Phegopteris hexagonoptera description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
≈ 12 × 8" (31 × 20 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
≈ 17 × 12" (44 × 29 cm)

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
≈ 24 × 16" (62 × 41 cm)

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
≈ 17 × 12" (44 × 29 cm)

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