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Sensitive Fern

Ferns and Fern Allies

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
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Onoclea sensibilis 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteridophyta, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Sensitive Fern

In Biome

Bog, Biomes
Source Onoclea sensibilis (Wikipedia)
River, Biomes
Source Onoclea sensibilis (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Austria

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Belgium

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Canada

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China

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Denmark

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Ireland

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Japan

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Manchuria

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Mongolia

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Netherlands

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North America

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Sources
1. Onoclea sensibilis (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution and habitat
    It has become naturalized in western Europe and New Zealand.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Onoclea sensibilis, the sensitive fern, also known as the bead fern, is a coarse-textured, medium to large-sized deciduous perennial fern.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. 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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4. NatureServe Explorer: Onoclea sensibilis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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