Osmundaceae Family “The Royal Fern Family” (AKA “The C innamon Fern Family”)

Osmundaceae Family“The Royal Fern Family”

(AKA “The Cinnamon Fern Family”)By: Levi Eggermont

Family Notes

• 3 genera, 16-36 species.• Herbs with upright aerial or horizontal

subterranean, dichotomously branched stems; scales absent.

• Leaves alternate, large, one or more times pinnate, either dimorphic, or some leaves differentiated into fertile and sterile segments.

• Sporangia large and stalked.

Osmunda cinnomonea(Cinnamon Fern)

Cinnamon fern

Distribution of Osmunda cinnomonea

Osmunda claytoniana(Interrupted Fern)

Distribution of Osmunda claytoniana

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• Vascular Plant Taxonomy, Fourth edition. Walters, Dirk. Keil, David. 1975. Pg. 99.• http://plants.usda.gov/maps/large/OS/OSCI.png• http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=OSCI