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Definition of Bladder fern
1. Noun. Any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori.
Group relationships: Cystopteris, Genus Cystopteris
Specialized synonyms: Brittle Bladder Fern, Brittle Fern, Cystopteris Fragilis, Fragile Fern, Cystopteris Montana, Mountain Bladder Fern, Berry Fern, Bulblet Bladder Fern, Bulblet Fern, Cystopteris Bulbifera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bladder Fern
Literary usage of Bladder fern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1899)
"The bladder fern takes its name from the inflated ... the Bulb-bearing Bladder
Fern, are often three feet long, although the length, as given by Gray and ..."
2. Where to Find Ferns: With a Special Chapter on the Ferns Round London by Francis George Heath (1885)
"THE ALPINE bladder fern. Cystopteris regia. (Plate XII., Fig. 2, page 71.)
LENGTH OF FROND.—Four to ten inches. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. ..."
3. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"The bladder fern takes its name from the inflated ... the Bulb-bearing Bladder
Fern, are often three feet long, although the length, as given by Gray and ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"bladder fern; Bulblet fern Herbaceous perennial Calcareous cliffs and ledges,
... Common bladder fern; Fragile fern Herbaceous perennial Cool rock crevices ..."
5. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1899)
"The bladder fern takes its name from the inflated ... the Bulb-bearing Bladder
Fern, are often three feet long, although the length, as given by Gray and ..."
6. Where to Find Ferns: With a Special Chapter on the Ferns Round London by Francis George Heath (1885)
"THE ALPINE bladder fern. Cystopteris regia. (Plate XII., Fig. 2, page 71.)
LENGTH OF FROND.—Four to ten inches. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. ..."
7. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"The bladder fern takes its name from the inflated ... the Bulb-bearing Bladder
Fern, are often three feet long, although the length, as given by Gray and ..."
8. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"bladder fern; Bulblet fern Herbaceous perennial Calcareous cliffs and ledges,
... Common bladder fern; Fragile fern Herbaceous perennial Cool rock crevices ..."
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