Athyrium angustum, the northern lady fern or subarctic lady fern, is a fern native to northeastern North America. It was long included in the superspecies Athyrium filix-femina, but is now largely recognized as a distinct species.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Northern lady fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Athyrium filix-femina
- Athyrium rubripes
- Athyrium asplenioides
- Athyrium sinense
- Athyrium yokoscense
- Coryphopteris simulata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Athyriaceae
- Genus
- Athyrium
- Species
- Athyrium angustum
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