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Guides Dryopteris clintoniana (Dryopteris cristata var.
clintoniana) Clinton's woodfern originated as a hybrid of
Goldie's fern and crested woodfern, and its characteristics are
mostly intermediate between the two parents. The fertile fronds
of Clinton's woodfern are taller, narrower, and more upright
than its sterile fronds, but the difference is less pronounced
than it is in crested woodfern. Like crested woodfern, Clinton's
woodfern's lowest leaflets are broadly triangular. The fronds
are wider than crested woodfern fronds, but narrower than
Goldie's fern fronds. Photo © Don Lubin, courtesy of Ferns et
al. of New England.