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Long Beech Fern
Phegopteris connectilis (Thelypteris phegopteris)
• Family: Thelypteridaceae
• Habitat: rich, moist woodlands
• Height: fronds 6-10 inches long
• Location of spores: underside of leaflets
• Stipe (leaf stalk): ungrooved; light brown scales along entire stem
• Growth pattern: random
• Persistence: deciduous
The fronds of beech ferns are shaped like arrowheads, with the lowest pair of leaflets pointing out at a diagonal.
Underside of a frond, showing the sori (spore-bearing spots).