Hay+Scented+Fern

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 * Hayscented Fern (Boulder fern) **

The Hayscented fern is a Producer prey-herbivores eat it. deer and mice also eat it.


 * Description ****: ** It is a shrub, but it looks like a fern. It has scalloped leaves and small, wind-pollinated catkins in the spring. It’s leaves are yellowish-green. 16 inches tall. They are either single or in small groups. They are widest near the bottom. It’s height is 2-5’.

**Habitat & Range: ** They are dry and in woodlands and open pastures. They covder areas of hillside pastures. They spread by rootstocks, they are hard to eradicate. It’s family is the Myricaceae. It is a deciduous shrub. The soil it needs is well-drained, dry, or acid soil.


 * Adaptations & Behavior **: It is an aromatic astringent herb. It grows in open, sterile, sandy soils of woodlands, clearings, and pastures. It prefers acidic soils over limestone soils. It is distributed throughout northeastern United States.


 * Ecological Interactions **:  It is used to control bleeding, diarrhea, and as a wash for poison ivy rash. It get full sun or partial shade.


 * Author **: Cynthia Meserve

2.A field Guide to the Ferns 3. http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/doc/fs_cope80.doc
 * Sources **: 1.http://www.herbsociety.org/promplant/cperegrina.php