Jan 12, 2023
Two members of the shield fern family, Dryopteridaceae
Diplazium pycnocarpon, glade fern, prefers high moisture and humidity and does well in dense shade, often I see this species not in glades but in ravines prone to some flooding living away from the bashside of rocks(sheltered side) and as a chasmophyte, a crack dwelling plant; but to clarify it is lithophitic, rock loving, but not having an epipetric( living on rocks soley) habit.). (epipetric is a delineate rock obligate)
Dryopteris marginalis, marginal wood fern/shield fern, more generalistic to light often on embankments and highly organic soil. I feel like this one is more generalistic than most and is almost as common as christmas fern.