Dryopteris celsa |
Dryopteris campyloptera |
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log fern |
dryoptère arquée, eastern spreading wood fern, mountain wood fern |
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Leaves | monomorphic, dying back in winter, 65–120 × 15–30 cm. |
monomorphic, dying back in winter, 25–90 × 15–30 cm. |
Petiole | 1/3 length of leaf, scaly at least at base; scales scattered, dark brown or tan with dark central stripe. |
1/3 length of leaf, scaly at least at base; scales scattered, brown, sometimes with darker patch at base. |
Blade | green, ovate-lanceolate, gradually tapering to tip, pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, not glandular. |
light green, deltate-ovate, 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, not glandular. |
Pinnae | ± in plane of blade, lanceolate-ovate; basal pinnae linear-oblong, much reduced, basal pinnules longer than adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule and basal acroscopic pinnule equal; pinnule margins crenately toothed. |
in plane of blade, lanceolate; basal pinnae deltate to broadly lanceolate, not reduced, basal pinnules equal to adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule much longer and 2 times width of basal acroscopic pinnule (only in this species); pinnule margins toothed, teeth spine-tipped. |
Indusia | lacking glands. |
usually lacking glands. |
Sori | midway between midvein and margin of segments. |
midway between midvein and margin of segments. |
2n | = 164. |
= 164. |
Dryopteris celsa |
Dryopteris campyloptera |
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Habitat | Seepage slopes, hammocks and logs in swamps, mostly on the Piedmont and Coastal Plain | Cool, moist woods at increasing elevation southward, frequently only at summits of mountains |
Elevation | 50–800 m (200–2600 ft) | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; DE; GA; IL; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; NC; NJ; NY; PA; SC; TN; VA; WV
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CT; MA; MD; ME; NC; NH; NY; RI; TN; VA; VT; WV; NB; NF; NS; PE; QC
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Discussion | Dryopteris celsa is a fertile allotetraploid derived from hybridization between D. goldieana and D. ludoviciana. Dryopteris celsa hybridizes with six species; hybrids can usually be identified by the dark-striped scales. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris | Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. goldiana subsp. celsa | Aspidium campylopterum, D. austriaca, D. spinulosa var. americana, D. spinulosa var. concordiana |
Name authority | (W. Palmer) Knowlton: W. Palmer, & Pollard, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 13: 202. (1900) | (Kunze) Clarkson: Amer. Fern J. 20: 118. (1930) |
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