Dryopteris goldiana
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Dryopteris goldiana or Goldie's wood fern is a fern native to the Northeastern United States and adjacent areas of Canada.
It can grow larger than any other native North American Dryopteris species. Specimens are known with fronds six feet (1.8 meters) tall.