Marginal wood fern's name derives from the fact that the sori are located on the margins, or edges of the leaflets.
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Others such as the marginal shield fern, grape fern, wood fern, and common polypody are more unusual for this part of the state.
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Wood fern will turn brown in freezing weather, but this root-hardy plant takes to most any condition, including soil on the dry side.
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Herbs commonly associated with hammock edges include woods fern ( " Thelypteris kunthii " ), and pine fern ( " Anemia adiantifolia " ).
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Eventually both of these will grow taller than 18 inches, the holly fern to 2-3 feet in a few years; the wood fern to about 3 feet.
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The Appalachian wood fern, which grows on moss, was once thought to have been extinct but is found in abundance near the cold vents at the base of Ice Mountain.
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Like other ferns of the genus " Polystichum ", it is allied to the wood ferns, genus " Dryopteris ", to which it is often found growing in close proximity.
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Four of the hardy evergreen species commonly available are Christmas fern ( Polystichum acrostichoides ), evergreen wood fern ( Dryopteris intermedia ), marginal wood fern ( D . marginalis ) and autumn fern ( D . erythrosora ).
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Four of the hardy evergreen species commonly available are Christmas fern ( Polystichum acrostichoides ), evergreen wood fern ( Dryopteris intermedia ), marginal wood fern ( D . marginalis ) and autumn fern ( D . erythrosora ).
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The Japanese painted fern, Athyrium niponicum Pictum, is the most popular fern and easy to grow, but don't overlook the native evergreen Christmas fern ( Polystichem achrostichoides ), and the handsome shield ferns, including the drought-resistant Dixie wood fern ( Dryopterix australis ).
