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Mountain wood fern, Dryopteris campyloptera [<Latin: campylo, curved + ptera, <Greek pteron, wing], formerly D. spinulosa var. Americana, a species a.k.a. D. austriaca and D. dilatata, is a large American fern typically found at higher elevations

Woodferns are native to North America; Native Americans in Alaska and British Columbia used a tea of the leaves to treat stomach aches, and used the rhizomes for food

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Uploaded on March 23, 2015
Taken on May 31, 2014