Dryopteris ludoviciana |
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southern wood fern |
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Leaves | somewhat dimorphic, green through winter, 35–120 × 10–30 cm. |
Petiole | more than 1/4 length of leaf, scaly at base; scales scattered, brown. |
Blade | dark green, lanceolate, pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, not glandular. |
Pinnae | nearly in plane of blade, lance-oblong; fertile pinnae in distal 1/2 of leaf, distinctly narrower than proximal vegetative pinnae (only in this species); basal pinnae lanceolate-oblong, much reduced, basal pinnules slightly shorter than adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule slightly longer than basal acroscopic pinnule; pinnule margins distantly serrate. |
Indusia | lacking glands. |
Sori | midway between midvein and margin of segments. |
2n | = 82. |
Dryopteris ludoviciana |
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Habitat | Swamps and wet woods |
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; NC; SC
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Discussion | Dryopteris ludoviciana is endemic to southeastern United States. This diploid is one of the parents of D. celsa and D. cristata. It crosses with D. celsa to produce sterile hybrids. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Aspidium ludovicianum, D. floridana |
Name authority | (Kunze) Small: Ferns S. E. States 281. (1938) |
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