Dryopteris celsa |
Dryopteris carthusiana |
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log fern |
dryoptère de cartheuser, spinulose fern, spinulose wood fern, tooth wood fern |
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Leaves | monomorphic, dying back in winter, 65–120 × 15–30 cm. |
monomorphic, dying in winter, 15–75 × 10–30 cm. |
Petiole | 1/3 length of leaf, scaly at least at base; scales scattered, dark brown or tan with dark central stripe. |
1/4–1/3 length of leaf, scaly at least at base; scales scattered, tan. |
Blade | green, ovate-lanceolate, gradually tapering to tip, pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, not glandular. |
light green, ovate-lanceolate, 2–3-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, lance-oblong; basal pinnae lanceolate-deltate, slightly reduced, basal pinnules usually longer than adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule longer than basal acroscopic pinnule; pinnule margins serrate, teeth spiny. |
Indusia | lacking glands. |
lacking glands. |
Sori | midway between midvein and margin of segments. |
midway between midvein and margin of segments. |
2n | = 164. |
= 164. |
Dryopteris celsa |
Dryopteris carthusiana |
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Habitat | Seepage slopes, hammocks and logs in swamps, mostly on the Piedmont and Coastal Plain | Swampy woods, moist wooded slopes, stream banks, and conifer plantations |
Elevation | 50–800 m (200–2600 ft) | 0–1200 m (0–3900 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; DE; GA; IL; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; NC; NJ; NY; PA; SC; TN; VA; WV
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AR; CT; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Eurasia
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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.) |
Dryopteris carthusiana is tetraploid. Dryopteris intermedia is one parent, as indicated by chromosome pairing in their hybrid D. × triploidea Wherry. The other parent is the hypothetical missing ancestral species " D. semicristata " (see discussion for D. cristata). Dryopteris carthusiana hybridizes with five species; hybrids can be separated from D. intermedia by the lack of glandular hairs and by having 2-pinnate leaves. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris | Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris |
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Synonyms | D. goldiana subsp. celsa | Polypodium carthusianum, D. austriaca var. spinulosa, D. spinulosa, Polypodium spinulosum |
Name authority | (W. Palmer) Knowlton: W. Palmer, & Pollard, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 13: 202. (1900) | (Villars) H. P. Fuchs: Bull. Soc. Bot. France 105: 339. (1959) |
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