Schizaea pusilla, the little curlygrass fern,[2] is a species of fern in the family Schizaeaceae. It was first described by the German-American botanist Frederick Traugott Pursh in 1814.[3] It is native to New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia in Canada, the French overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and North Carolina in the United States of America. It is listed as endangered by the state of New York.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Schizaeales |
| Family: | Schizaeaceae |
| Genus: | Schizaea |
| Species: | S. pusilla
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| Schizaea pusilla | |
References edit
- ^ from An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, 2nd edition. Author: Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown
- ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Schizaea pusilla". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Schizaea pusilla". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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