Flora of North America species comparison

short-creeping;

scales bronzy deep yellow, concolored, margins entire.

short-creeping;

scales bronzy deep yellow, concolored, margins entire.

lax-arching (rarely pendent), closely spaced, 40–75 cm.

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

1–2 mm diam., glabrous, occasionally glaucous.

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

fan-shaped, pseudopedate, 1-pinnate distally, 15–30 × 15–35 cm, glabrous;

proximal pinnae 3–9-pinnate;

rachis straight, glabrous, occasionally 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, ca. 3 times as long as broad;

basiscopic margin straight;

acroscopic margin lobed, lobes separated by narrow incisions 0–0.9(–1.1) mm wide;

apex obtuse, divided into shallow, rounded lobes separated by shallow sinuses 0.1–2(–3.7) mm deep, margins of lobes crenulate or crenate-denticulate.

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.

transversely oblong, 1–3 mm, glabrous.

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

mostly 34–40 µm diam. 2n = 58.

mostly 45–58 µm diam. 2n = 116.

stalks 0.5–1.5(–1.7) mm, dark color entering into segment base.

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