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Sensitive Fern

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Sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis, is a fern of the family Onocleaceae native to eastern North America and eastern Asia, commonly found in wet meadows, marshes and floodplain woods. Its common name refers to its sterile fronds, which are unusually sensitive to frost and wither quickly at the first touch of cold weather, while its separate, dark, bead-like fertile fronds are far more durable, persisting upright through winter and releasing spores the following spring.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Onoclea sensibilis 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteridophyta, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Sensitive Fern
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
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2. Wikidata: Sensitive Fern
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q718312, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Wikidata Q718312 (P225 taxon name)
  • Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q718312
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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