Dryopteris intermedia |
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dryoptère spinuleuse, evergreen wood fern, fancy fern, intermediate woodfern |
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Leaves | monomorphic, green through winter, 32–90 × 10–20 cm. |
Petiole | 1/3 length of leaf, scaly at least at base; scales scattered, tan. |
Blade | green, ovate, 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, glandular. |
Pinnae | ± in plane of blade, lanceolate-oblong; basal pinnae lanceolate, not reduced, basal pinnules longer than adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule longer than basal acroscopic pinnule; pinnule margins serrate, teeth spiny. |
Indusia | with minute glandular hairs. |
Sori | midway between midvein and margin of segments. |
2n | = 82. |
Dryopteris intermedia |
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Habitat | Moist rocky woods, especially hemlock hardwoods, ravines, and edges of swamps |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; CT; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Discussion | A related taxon, Dryopteris intermedia subsp. maderensis (J. Milde ex Alston) Fraser-Jenkins, occurs on eastern Atlantic islands. Dryopteris intermedia and the other taxa in the " D. spinulosa complex" have long confounded taxonomists. Dryopteris intermedia is diploid and is one of the parents of the allotetraploids D. carthusiana and D. campyloptera. Dryopteris intermedia hybridizes with eight species. All hybrids are easily detected by the distinctive glandular hairs on the indusia and, usually, on the costae and costules. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris |
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Synonyms | Aspidium intermedium, D. austriaca var. intermedia, D. spinulosa var. intermedia |
Name authority | (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) A. Gray: Manual 630. (1848) |
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