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Image Title: Fossil Woodwardia virginica Foliage From the Middle Miocene Yakima Canyon
Image Credit: Kathleen B. Pigg, Arizona State University
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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Fossil Woodwardia virginica foliage from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora of central Washington State, USA. Vegetative and fertile features of this fossil are remarkably similar to those of the modern "Virginia chain fern" of the Atlantic coastal region, USA.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Anatomically preserved Woodwardia virginica (Blechnaceae) and a new filicalean fern from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora of central Washington, USA, pp. 777-787 in this issue. Photo credit:


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