#broad beech fern

[julianplum]

🌿🫐🌸🪶🌱🌼 // cover of the Wild Seed Project's Gardening for Biodiversity: Native Plants for the Northeast // gouache on hot press paper // 18" x 24"

[cedar-glade]

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Broad beech fern with some fronds completely lacking in chlorophyll; this is not called variegation and could be caused by a multitude of issues. I have not been able to find the culprit yet; with this said, I do want to clarify that this is not variegation. 

Broad beech ferns run and this clump was all one plant. 

I’ve been noticing this a lot lately in Red River Gorge and if anyone knows what it is that causes this let me know?