Osmundaceae Family “The Royal Fern Family” (AKA “The Cinnamon Fern Family”) By: Levi Eggermont
Family Notes 3 genera, 16-36 species. Herbs with upright aerial or horizontal subterranean, dichotomously branched stems; scales absent. Leaves alternate, large, one or more times pinnate, either dimorphic, or some leaves differentiated into fertile and sterile segments. Sporangia large and stalked.
Osmunda cinnomonea (Cinnamon Fern)
Distribution of Osmunda cinnomonea
Osmunda claytoniana (Interrupted Fern)
Distribution of Osmunda claytoniana
sources http://www.zaepfel.org/ferns/fernpictures/osmunda_claytoniana.jpg http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=osmunda+claytoniana&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=bXnIS5PoG4qwNpDC9f4I&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQsAQwAA Vascular Plant Taxonomy, Fourth edition. Walters, Dirk. Keil, David. 1975. Pg. 99. http://plants.usda.gov/maps/large/OS/OSCI.png http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=OSCI