A very distinctive member of the fern family, Northern Maidenhair grows in rich, wet woods.  It is not the most common of our ferns, but I like it because I can identify it.  (Ferns are obviously not my strong point.)  This dainty species has its first division in a whorld (circular) pattern.  The second division contains the leaflets.  The stalk is dark purple to black which offsets the color of the green leaflets.  The sporangia in this species are found under the leaflet edges.