Flora of North America species comparison

short-creeping;

scales dark reddish brown, concolored, margins entire.

short-creeping;

scales bronzy deep yellow, concolored, margins entire.

arching, clustered, 20–37 cm.

arching to stiffly erect, often densely clustered, 38–75(–90) cm.

1–2 mm diam., adaxially hispid, not glaucous.

1–3 mm diam., glabrous, often glaucous.

lanceolate, pinnate or occasionally pseudopedate, 1-pinnate distally, 12–18 × 6.5–8 cm;

proximal pinnae 1–4-pinnate;

indument of light-colored, sparse, multicellular hairs;

rachis straight, densely hispid, not glaucous.

fan-shaped to funnel-shaped, pseudopedate, 1-pinnate distally, 10–35 × 10–35(–45) cm, glabrous;

proximal pinnae 2–7-pinnate;

rachis straight, glabrous, often glaucous.

oblong to long-triangular, ca. 2 times as long as broad, progressively reduced toward apex of penultimate divisions;

basiscopic margin oblique;

acroscopic margin of fertile segments crenulate, sterile segments sharply denticulate;

apex obtuse or acute.

long-triangular, ca. 2.5 times as long as broad;

basiscopic margin oblique;

acroscopic margin lobed, lobes separated by narrow (less than 1 mm) incisions;

apex acute, usually entire.

± round, 0.6–0.9 mm diam., covered with reddish brown, stiff, needlelike bristles.

transversely oblong, mostly 2–5(–10) mm, glabrous.

mostly 40–60 µm diam.

mostly 45–58 µm diam. 2n = 116.

stalks 0.2–0.3 mm, dark color generally entering into segment base.

stalks (0.4–)0.6–1.5(–1.9) mm, dark color commonly entering into segment base.