New York fern

noun

1. a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.

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The New York fern, around long before there was a New York or even an Old York, looks like it has jumped off a fossilized stone.

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Two related ferns will colonize nicely in such places — the hay-scented fern and the New York fern.

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The New York fern, when of low stature, is one of the many bits of growing carpet of rich cool woods.

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In some respects it is also like the New York fern, and is in fact intermediate between the two.

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