Dryopteris ludoviciana |
Dryopteris cinnamomea |
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southern wood fern |
cinnamon wood fern |
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Leaves | somewhat dimorphic, green through winter, 35–120 × 10–30 cm. |
monomorphic, green through winter, 22–50 × 6–12 cm. |
Petiole | more than 1/4 length of leaf, scaly at base; scales scattered, brown. |
1/4 length of leaf, scaly at least at base; scales scattered, cinnamon-colored. |
Blade | dark green, lanceolate, pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, not glandular. |
light green, deltate-ovate, 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, not or sparsely 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. |
in plane of blade, narrowly deltate-lanceolate to deltate-oblong, narrowed to elongate, serrate tip; basal pinnae deltate-oblong, somewhat reduced, basal pinnules shorter than adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule longer than basal acroscopic pinnule; pinnule margins serrate. |
Indusia | lacking glands. |
lacking glands. |
Sori | midway between midvein and margin of segments. |
near sinus. |
2n | = 82. |
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Dryopteris ludoviciana |
Dryopteris cinnamomea |
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Habitat | Swamps and wet woods | Rock outcrops |
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) | 400–2600 m (1300–8500 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; NC; SC
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AZ; TX; Mexico |
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.) |
Dryopteris cinnamomea belongs to the D. patula complex of Mexico and Central America, which is poorly understood. Arizona material of D. cinnamomea has been misidentified as D. patula, according to J. T. Mickel and J. M. Beitel (1988). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris | Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Aspidium ludovicianum, D. floridana | Tectaria cinnamomea |
Name authority | (Kunze) Small: Ferns S. E. States 281. (1938) | (Cavanilles) C. Christensen: Amer. Fern J. 1: 95. (1911) |
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