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    Adiantum  Arachniodes
    Aspidotis  Asplenium
    Astrolepis  Athyrium
    Blechnum  Cheilanthes
    Cryptogramma  Cyrtomium
    Cystopteris  Dennstaedtia
    Deparia  Diplazium
    Dryopteris  Gymnocarpium
    Lygodium  Matteuccia
    Onoclea  Oreopteris
    Osmunda  Pellaea
    Phegopteris  Pleopeltis
    Polypodium  Polystichum
    Pteridium  Pteris
    Pyrrosia  Thelypteris
    Woodsia  Woodwardia

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acicular
acroscopic
acuminate
acute
alternate
apex
apiculate
appressed
areole
attenuate
auricle
auriculate
basal
basiscopic
bivalvate
blade
caudate
caudex
cartilaginous
clathrate
commissural
costa
costule
crenate
crenulate
crosier
decumbent
decurrent
deltate
dentate
denticulate
dimidiate
distal
elliptic
emarginate
entire
exindusiate
falcate
fiddlehead
free, forked
frond
glandular
hastate
idioblast
incised
indusium
inframedial
involucre
jointed
lacerate
lanceolate
linear
lanceolate
long-creeping
marginal
medial
oblanceolate
oblong
obovate
obtuse
opposite
ovate
ovate-lanceolate
pectinate
peltate indusium
peltate scale
pericostal
petiole
pinna(e)
pinnate
pinnatifid
pinnatisect
pinnule
proximal
rachis
reniform
reticulate
rhizome
roots
segment
serrate
short-creeping
simple
sinus
spatulate
sorus
stellate
stipe
stolon
submarginal
submedial
supramedial
synangium
ternate
trapeziform
triangular
truncate
tufted
undulate
venuloid

Drawings by Anna Stone from Hawai`i's Ferns and Fern Allies, Daniel D. Palmer, 2003.

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