Dryopteris x triploidea	type		IMAGE
Fruitful Wood Fern	fern	hybrid

size(ft) 2-3+ cut 3 decid. very tardily deciduous garden yes?	ID tips Looks intermediate between D. carthusiana and D. intermedia, though those can be hard to distinguish. Best time to find it is late autumn. Look for plants growing with but larger than their parents. Upper pinnae have sides parallel. Glands present as D. intermedia, especially on sori (even in winter) Sometimes sori are profuse, hence common name
where . ME NH VT MA RI CT click . U U U . . for key	Comment Sterile hybrid of D. carthusiana and D. intermedia One of the two Wood Fern hybrids one might actually find
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