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Dennstaedtia mathewsii

(Dennstaedtia mathewsii)

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Description

Dennstaedtia is a primarily tropical genus of ferns described as a genus in 1801. Hayscented fern, or Cup ferns,are common names for some species in this genus. Its best-known member is probably the temperate North-American hay-scented fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula (pictured in the taxobox), which forms extensive clonal ground-cover colonies on level surfaces in the Appalachian area.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order:Polypodiales
Family:Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus:Dennstaedtia
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