FERNS & OTHER PTERIDOPHYTES OF ALLSTON/BRIGHTON OPEN SPACES

(Boston MA wards 21 & 22)

a 2004 survey
sensitive
lady
hayscented
evergreen
spinulose
marginal
polypody
cinnamon
xmas
horsetail
TOTAL

E F school

0

Foster Hill

5

5

Foster Rock

0

St. John's
2
4

1

7

Brock cliff

0

Crittenton

0

Woodmont

0

Mt. St. Joe's

0

Kennedy Rock

2
1
1

1

5

St. Gabriel
1

1

Leamington

0

C H Reservoir
1
1

1

3

Beer Can Hill

0

Chandler Pond
2

2

4

Ringer Park

1

1

Charles River
12
11

4
3

1
3
34

Turnpike

1
1

TOTAL
18
16
7
6
4
3
1
1
1
4
61

sensitive
lady
hayscented
evergreen
spinulose
marginal
polypody
cinnamon
xmas
horsetail
TOTAL

Sensitive = Onoclea sensibilis.... Lady = Athyrium filix-femina ....Hayscented = Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Evergreen = Dryopteris intermedia ...Spinulose = Dryopteris carthusiana ... Marginal = Dryopteris marginalis

Polypody = Polypodium sp. or hybrid ....Cinnamon = Osmunda cinnamomea ...Xmas = Polystichum acrostichoides

Horsetail = Equisetum arvense

I surveyed the Allston/Brighton section of Boston, where I live. There is not much open space, and what there is is not in very good condition. In all I could find only 61 stations, mostly of single plants, all quite common. My yard has not only more diversity, but more quantity! Still, it was nice to see the few that are there. Maybe I should go plant some more.

 Prepared by: Don Lubin ..617-254-8464 ..don@NEfern.info ...http://NEfern.info

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