Lady Fern

Athyrium Filix-femina

Foliage Type:

leaf

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Habitats:	dry mesic sites mesic sites wet mesic sites
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Did You Know?	Lady Fern has a related fern (A. mersosorum) which Japanese researchers found anti-gout potential.
Uses / Ethnobotanical uses:	American Indian used root tea as a diuretic, to stop breast pains caused by childbirth, induce milk in caked breasts stem tea taken to ease labor used to eliminate worms dried powdered root used externally for sores