Blechnum spicant

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Blechnum spicant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Athyriales Family: Blechnaceae Genus: Blechnum Species: B. spicant
Binomial name
Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm.

Blechnum spicant is a species of fern known by the common name deer fern. It is native to Europe and western North America. Like some other Blechnum it has two types of leaves. The sterile leaves have flat, wavy-margined leaflets 5 to 8 millimeters wide, while the fertile leaves have much narrower leaflets, each with two thick rows of sori on the underside.

A sterile leaf

A fertile leaf with sori

[edit] External links

• USDA Plants Profile
• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Photo gallery