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marsh fern

noun

  1. a fern, Thelypteris palustris, having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places.


marsh fern

noun

  1. a fern of marshy woodlands, Thelypteris palustris, having pale green pinnate leaves and an underground rootstock
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of marsh fern1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Thin, green marsh fern circled lakes alongside moonwort, rattlesnake fern and horsetail.

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Wicken Fen is home to many rare plant species, including the marsh pea, the marsh fern, the milk parsley and the whorled water milfoil, as well as a number of different orchids.

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Seeding of the geotextile bags has now encouraged the growth of nationally scarce marsh fern and milk parsley.

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Resembles the marsh fern, of which it was once thought to be a variety.

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On account of its close resemblance to the marsh fern, Clute would call it "The lance-leaved Marsh Fern," instead of the irrelevant name of Massachusetts Fern.

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