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Thelypteris palustris
Also called Marsh Fern, Meadow Fern
Thelypteris palustris, the marsh fern, or eastern marsh fern, is a species of fern native to eastern North America and across Eurasia. It prefers to grow in swamps, bogs, wet fields or thickets, fresh tidal and nontidal marshes, or wooded streambanks. The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.
It is the only known host plant for Fagitana littera, the marsh fern moth.
T. palustris has been studied for potential uses in phytoremediation. T. palustris has been shown to significantly reduce the amount of Zn2+ and Cu2+, which are the main outputs of heavy metal from intensive livestock production, ex situ. There have been mixed results for whether T. palustris would be a good candidate for remediation of arsenic soil contamination.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thelypteris palustris 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.
