Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Thelypteris palustris Schott var. pubescens (Lawson) Fern.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Dryopteris thelypteris (L.) A. Gray, Dryopteris thelypteris (L.) A. Gray var. pubsecens (Lawson) Nakai, Dryopteris thelypteris (L.) Sw. var. haleana (Fern.) Broun & Weatherby, Dryopteris thelypteris (L.) Sw. var. pubescens (Lawson) A.R. Prince ex Weatherby, Dryopteris thelypteris A. Gray, Dryopteris thelypteris auct. non (L.) Sw., Thelypteris confluens (Thunb.) Morton var. pubescens (Lawson) Pringle, Thelypteris palustris Schott var. haleana Fern.

Common names:

Eastern marsh fern (1986-Present) (4, 50)

Female fern (1900, misapplied) (158)

Fragrant meadow-fern (1900) (158)

Marsh fern [Marshfern, Marsh-fern] (1913-1949) (5, 109, 138, 155, 158)

Marsh shield fern [Marsh shield-fern, Marsh shieldfern] (1913-1937) (5, 97, 122)

Meadow fern (1900) (158)

Quill fern (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Shield fern (1907, IA) (72)

Swamp fern (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Wood fern (1913) (5)