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Definition of Interrupted fern
1. Noun. North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interrupted Fern
Literary usage of Interrupted fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Know the Ferns: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our by Frances Theodora Parsons (1899)
"interrupted fern Osmunda Claytoniana Newfoundland to North Carolina, ...
The interrupted fern makes its appearance in the woods and meadows and along the ..."
2. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"Diagram of the interrupted fern, showing the three pairs of fruiting pinna, and
a part of one of these enlarged. This fern often has fronds four or Jive ..."
3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1900)
"The flowering fern, O. regalis, with only the tips fertile, is stunted and yellow
in dry soil, but tall and green in the swamps. The interrupted fern, O. ..."
4. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Clayton's, or interrupted fern. After Britton and Brown 164 F1G. 56. ...
The interrupted fern (in background) and shield-ferns (in foreground). ..."
5. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"Clayton's fern, also called the interrupted fern, the cinnamon fern, and the
royal fern are closely related species of the genus Osmunda. ..."
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