General:
Deciduous perennial arising individually at spaced intervals from long creeping rhizomes and usually in large colonies.

Leaves:
On wiry, smooth stipes 5-25 cm long, blades triangular, 5-15 cm long and about the same width, 2-pinnate; ultimate segments lobed.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Dryopteris dryopteris (L.) Britt.
Dryopteris linnaeana C. Chr.
Phegopteris dryopteris (L.) FΘe
Thelypteris dryopteris (L.) Slosson