Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman Western Oakfern USDA GYDR |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Water Indicator Ferns considered to be a sign of water when travelling through the mountains. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 18 |