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Comptonia peregrina
Sweet Fern
Shrub with fragrant fernlike leaves. Dark green. Cold hardy, tolerates poor, dry, infertile soil. Full sun. Spreads by suckering. Native to RI. 2-4' x 4-8' or more.
Image courtesy of Dr. Mark Brand, UCONN.
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