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American Royal Fern
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American Royal Fern

Osmunda spectabilis

Osmunda spectabilis or (American) royal fern is a species of fern doubtfully different from Osmunda regalis. Recent genetic studies have raised it from variety/subspecies to separate species.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1002684.