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Adiantum aleuticum
Cryptogramma stelleri
Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum

Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) Paris  -  Aleutian Maidenhair Fern - [NF]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Memorial University Botanical Garden, Oxen Pond. Planted in garden [Apparently collected within the Province, but there is some discussion on this.]. June 3, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddleheads

Blow-me-Down Mountain Trail, Humber Arm, Newfoundland. Serpentine-rich gravels. July 18, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plants
Whole Plants in Habitat

Baie Verte Highway, Burlington Junction [serpentine site] and just north of it [virginite site], Newfoundland. Serpentine-rich gravels. July 18, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Partial Fronds
Fronds
Fronds

Fleur de Lys, Newfoundland. Base of soapstone cliff, near Dorset Eskimo soapstone quarry. July 21, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Partial Frond, Closeup
Partial Fronds
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Mass of Plants in Habitat

Fleur de Lys, Newfoundland. Base of soapstone cliff, near Dorset Eskimo soapstone quarry. August 12, 2001. [Transparencies - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Frond

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Cryptogramma stelleri (S. G. Gmel.) Prantl in Engl.  -  Steller's Rockbrake - [NF]

Cow Head Headland, Newfoundland. On wave-carved limestone cliff. July 18, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Narrow Fronds
Narrow Fronds
Narrow Fronds
Broad Fronds
Broad and Narrow Fronds
Broad and Narrow Fronds
Whole Plants

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Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. ex A. Heller  -  Eastern Bracken - [NF]

Torbay, Newfoundland. Jones Pond Road. Edge of old farm meadow, in coniferous woods. June 12, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Young Fiddlehead
Young Fiddlehead
Opening Fiddlehead
Opening Fiddleheads
Opening Fiddleheads
Very Young Fronds

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Coniferous woods. June 12, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Young Fiddleheads
Young Fiddleheads

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Coniferous woods. July 14, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond
Frond
Fronds
Fronds
Fronds

Little Soldier's Pond, along Trans-Canada Highway just South of St. John's, Newfoundland. Edge of low coniferous woods. July 16, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fronds
Fronds

Woodville, Newfoundland. Edge of meadow with Platanthera grandiflora and other large Platanthera's. July 22, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond
Fronds
Whole Plants

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Coniferous woods near pond. August 15, 2001. ["flat form"] [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Frond
Frond Detail
Frond Detail

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