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Nephrolepis

Boston fern

Other common names
ladder fern
sword fern
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Botanical details
Family
Lomariopsidaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Nephrolepis

Genus description

Nephrolepis are rhizomatous, sometimes stoloniferous, evergreen ferns with narrow, pinnately divided fronds, broader and more highly dissected in many cultivars

Name status

Correct

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