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Definition of Athyrium filix-femina
1. Noun. Most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Athyrium, Genus Athyrium
Specialized synonyms: Alpine Lady Fern, Athyrium Distentifolium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Athyrium Filix-femina
Literary usage of Athyrium filix-femina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1851)
"That it is the athyrium filix-femina, J. latifolium, of Babington's Manual,
413 (1851). 6th. That it is perfectly distinct as a species. ..."
2. Report (1913)
"athyrium filix-femina (Lin.) Roth. Female Fern. Rich woods. Common. 7. Athyrium
Filix-femina (Lin.) Roth., Var. angustum (Willd.) Farwell. Borders of woods. ..."
3. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"Gymnocarpium dryopteris, athyrium filix-femina, and Tiarella trifoliata occur in
Sitka spruce stands; Calamagrostis canadensis and Equisetum spp. occur with ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... DRYOPTERIDACEAE • athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth var. angustum (Willd.)
Lawson Northern lady fern Herbaceous perennial Damp woods, swamps and thickets, ..."
5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1911)
"... does not make its appearance in the first or second leaf but as a rule only
in the fourth or fifth. In Athyrium filix femina var. multifidum the ..."
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