Onoclea sensibilis

Onoclea sensibilis

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Onocleaceae
Genus: Onoclea
Species:
O. sensibilis
Binomial name
Onoclea sensibilis

Onoclea sensibilis, the sensitive fern, also known as the bead fern, is a coarse-textured, medium to large-sized deciduous perennial fern. The name comes from its sensitivity to frost, the fronds dying quickly when first touched by it. It is sometimes treated as the only species in Onoclea,[2] but some authors do not consider the genus monotypic.[3]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 – Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Onoclea in Flora of North America @ efloras.org".
  3. ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M., et al. (2011)