Cut-leaf Grape Fern
Cut-leaf grape fern, Sceptridium dissectum, is found in many places in the Eastern United States, but seems to be limited to just this geography. Only one observation in Mexico, but no where else.
iNaturalist map of Cut-leaf Grape Fern
S. dissectum has two distinct structures, the sterile frond and the fertile cluster on a high stalk growing out of the frond. The fertile stalk is longer than the stipe of the frond.
Kent Land Trust, Kent, CT, USA (Laurie Doss)
The sterile frond is low to the ground and distinctly triangular in shape.
Kent Land Trust, Kent, CT, USA (Laurie Doss)
Cut-grape fern fronds turn a red-bronze in fall to early winter.
Mt Toby, Sunderland, MA, USA
Mt Toby, Sunderland, MA, USA
Mt Toby, Sunderland, MA, USA
Mt Toby, Sunderland, MA, USA