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Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern)

Southern lady fern

Botanical Name: Athyrium asplenioides

Also called: asplenium ladyfern

Duration: Perennial

Location in Garden: MacNider Entrance

Medicinal Uses: diuretic, gynecology, obstetric, wound treatment

Christmas fern

Botanical Name: Polystichum acrostichoides

Also called:

Duration: Perennial

Location in Garden: MacNider Entrance

Medicinal Uses: chills, fever, stomachaches (induce vomiting), pneumonia, Rheumatism

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