Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. March 2011. Scientific name: Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M. Coult.; also Myrica aspleniifolia L. Common name(s): sweet fern, sweet-fern Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose “view image”) [gallery