Schizaea

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Schizaeaceae

• Scientific Name

  Schizaea

• Description

  Genus Description - Rhizome erect; lvs borne spirally, circinate in vernation, the sterile simple and linear, the fertile with several apical pairs of segments; sporangia sessile, protected by the incurved, long-ciliate lf-margin, erect or slightly bent, the annulus terminal; spores bilateral; gametophyte filamentous. 30, ± cosmop.

• Common Names

  curly grass