Thelypteris palustris

Plant Characteristics
Habit		fern
Height:	⇕	18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18. to 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width:	⇔	10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.

Scientific Names
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Thelypteris palustris, or the marsh fern, is a fern native to eastern North America.

Read about Thelypteris palustris in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Dryopteris Thelypteris, Gray (Aspidium Thelypteris, Swartz). Marsh Fern. Rootstock creeping: lvs. scattered, clear green, 1-2 ft. long; margins of the spore-bearing pinnae often strongly convolute: sori 10-12 to each segm. Canada to Fla. and Texas.—A form with pinnae variously forked at tip is known as Pufferae. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

It prefers to grow in marshy situations in full sun^wp. Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia says that it prefers shade.

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381

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