page_title: Cystopteris bulbifera
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Cystopteris bulbifera / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of bulblet on Cystopteris bulbifera frond. Shades State Park, Indiana.
context_page_description: Cystopteris bulbifera, with the common name bulblet fern, bulblet bladderfern, or bulblet fragile fern is a fern in the family Cystopteridaceae.
context_section_description: Cystopteris bulbifera is a low-growing rock fern with creeping stems and narrow elongate deltate fronds which grow to 75 cm (30 in). C. bulbifera is unusual among ferns in producing bulblets along the bottom of the fronds. This is one of the easiest Cystopteris species to identify.
caption: Closeup of bulblet
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