Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Onoclea sensibilis L.
SENSITIVE FERN
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Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
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Classification
POLYPODIALES
Onoclea sensibilis L. - SENSITIVE FERN
Citation
ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1062. 1753.
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VIRGINIA: Without data, Herb. Clifford 472, Osmunda 5 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Reveal & C. E. Jarrvis, Taxon 58: 980. 2009.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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Synonyms
Synonym
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Basionym
Type
Angiopteris sensibilis
Angiopteris sensibilis (Linnaeus) Nieuwland, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 275. 1912.
BASIONYM: Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus 1753.
 
Calypterium sensibile
Calypterium sensibile (Linnaeus) Bernhardi, J. Bot. (Schrader) 1801(1): 22. 1802.
BASIONYM: Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus 1753.
 
Onoclea augescens
Onoclea augescens Link, Fil. Spec. 37. 1841.
 
 
Onoclea interrupta
Onoclea interrupta (Maximowicz) Ching & P. C. Chiu, Fl. Tsinling. 2: t. 36(1-2). 1974.
BAISONYM: Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus, var. interrupta Maximowicz 1859.
 
Onoclea obtusilobata
Onoclea obtusilobata Schkuhr, 24. Kl. Linn. Pfl.-Syst. 95, pl. 103. 1804-1809
 
 
Onoclea sensibilis (unranked) hemiphyllodes
Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus, (unranked) hemiphyllodes Kiss & Kümmerle, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 24: 88. 1926.
 
 
Onoclea sensibilis forma acutisegmenta
Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus, forma acutisegmenta Gruber, Amer. Fern J. 30: 46. 1940.
 
TYPE: PENNSYLVANIA: Berks Co.: Kutztown,
Onoclea sensibilis forma hemiphylloides
Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus, forma hemiphylloides (Kiss & Kümmerle) Weatherby, Amer. Fern J. 26: 16. 1936.
BASIONYM: Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus, (unranked) hemiphyllodes Kiss & Kümmerle 1926.
 
Onoclea sensibilis forma obtusilobata
Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus, forma obtusilobata (Schkuhr) Gilbert, List. N. Amer. Pterid. 18. 1901.
BASIONYM: Onoclea obtusilobata Schkuhr 1809.
 
Onoclea sensibilis var. bipinnata
Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus, var. bipinnata G. Lawson, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 19: 113. 1864.
 
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Onoclea sensibilis - 98
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Onoclea sensibilis - 98
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Onoclea sensibilis - 159
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Onoclea sensibilis - 164
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Onoclea sensibilis - 251
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Onoclea sensibilis - 270
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Onoclea sensibilis - 270
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