Dryopteris clintoniana × goldiana
Wood 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 | Dryopteridaceae | Wood ferns (about 70% of the ferns) |
Genus | Dryopteris | From Greek dryas, “oak,” and pteris, “fern,” in reference to the presence of some species of wood ferns in woodland areas populated with oaks |
Species | clintoniana | Honors George William Clinton (1807-1885), founder and developer of the Clinton Herbarium in Buffalo, New York |
× | goldiana | For John Goldie (1793–1886), Scottish-born botanist and author |
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Dryopteris clintoniana × goldiana description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts ≈ 24 × 16" (62 × 41 cm) 

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