Definition of Broad beech fern

1. Noun. Beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Broad Beech Fern

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broad-mindedness
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broad-shouldered
broad-spectrum
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broad-spectrum antibiotics
broad-winged hawk
broad-winged hawks
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broad antigen
broad arrow
broad awake
broad bean
broad beech fern (current term)
broad beta disease
broad buckler-fern
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broad leaved centaury
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broad ligament

Literary usage of Broad beech fern

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"The broad beech fern. The indiscriminating collector might gather the broad beech ... The broad beech fern is a lover of the deep shady woodlands and cares ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Weatherby broad beech fern; Southern beech fern Herbaceous perennial Rich, moist wooded slopes and swamp margins, in humus-rich, moderately acidic soils. ..."

3. Children's Gardens for School and Home: A Manual of Cooperative Gardening by Louise Klein Miller (1904)
"... Lady-Fern Ebony Spleenwort Walking-Fern Virginia Chain-Fern Fragrant Shield-Fern Common Polypody Long Beech-Fern Broad Beech-Fern Bulblet Bladder-Fern ..."

4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1906)
"In dryish woods is another member of this family called the broad beech fern (P. hexagonoptera) and on wet rocks may be found still another, ..."

5. The Natural History of the Toronto Region, Ontario, Canada by Canadian Institute (1849-1914), J H Faull (1913)
"Rather rare on shaded bank at Highland Creek, but quite common in the northern part of the province, where Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Broad Beech-fern) is ..."

6. FLora of the Town of Southington, Conn., and Its Vicinity: A List of the by Charles Humphrey Bissell (1902)
"broad beech fern Common. Hillsides in rocky woods; throughout. July-Aug. (141A.-828B.) A form approaching P. polypodioides, Fee, and answering very closely ..."

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