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staghorn fern

plant, genus Gleichenia
Also known as: Gleichenia
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  • tree fern
    fern
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    …lacking pith and leaf gaps); Gleichenia, Dicranopteris, and 4 other genera with about 125 species, distributed in the tropics. Family Dipteridaceae (umbrella ferns) Plants in soil; rhizomes long-creeping, hairy; leaf blades usually palmately divided into 2 or more lobes, the veins of at

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    …lacking pith and leaf gaps); Gleichenia, Dicranopteris, and 4 other genera with about 125 species, distributed in the tropics. Family Dipteridaceae (umbrella ferns) Plants in soil; rhizomes long-creeping, hairy; leaf blades usually palmately divided into 2 or more lobes, the veins of at

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