New York fern

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New York fern - slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus DryopterisDryopteris noveboracensis, Parathelypteris novae-boracensisfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesgenus Parathelypteris, Parathelypteris - terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America