Marginal Wood Fern
Marginal wood fern, Dryopteris marginalis, is found in many places in the Eastern and Southeastern United States, along the Appalachian Mountain range.
iNaturalist map of D. marginalis
D. marginalis is a 'classic wood fern'. It has many brown scales on the stipe from the ground, continuing up the rachis.
Marginal wood fern gets its name from the sori appearing on the margins of the pinna.
Kent Land Trust, Kent, CT, USA (Laurie Doss)
The sori can be single or in rows.
Aspetuck Land Trust, Weston, CT, USA
Domestic, Fairfield, CT, USA
Below is an unusual frond. It is branched!
Trout Valley Conservation Area, Weston, CT, USA
Trout Valley Conservation Area, Weston, CT, USA