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Cystopteris protrusa
Also called Lowland Brittle Fern, Southern Bladder Fern, Creeping Fragile Fern, Lowland Bladder Fern, Lowland Fragile Fern
Cystopteris protrusa is a common fern of North America, commonly known as the lowland bladderfern, lowland brittle fern or lowland fragile fern.
The plant is native to eastern Canada, and the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Throughout much of its range it is the most common Cystopteris fern species.
Bladder Fern · Alpine Bladder Fern · Bulblet bladderfern · Cystopteris chinensis · Greenish Bladder Fern · Dickie's Bladder-fern · Brittle bladderfern · St. Lawrence bladderfern · Mountain bladderfern · Bladderfern · Tennessee bladderfern · Upland brittle bladderfern
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cystopteris protrusa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
