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Claytosmunda
Claytosmunda is a fern genus with one living species, the interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana), native to eastern Asia, eastern United States and eastern Canada. It is grown as a shade-loving woodland fern, and it is named for the gap in the middle of its fronds left when the fertile segments wither.
Claytosmunda is a genus of fern. It has only one extant species, Claytosmunda claytoniana (synonym Osmunda claytoniana), the interrupted fern, native to Eastern Asia, Eastern United States, and Eastern Canada.
The specific epithet is named after the English-born Virginian botanist John Clayton. "Interrupted" describes the gap in middle of the blade left by the fertile portions after they wither and eventually fall off.
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