Polystichum lonchitis |
Polystichum dudleyi |
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holly fern, mountain fern, northern holly fern, polystic faux-lonchitis |
Dudley's sword fern |
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Stems | erect to occasionally ascending. |
erect. |
Leaves | erect, not arching except at tip, 1–6 dm; bulblets absent. |
monomorphic, arching, 2–10 dm; bulblets absent. |
Petiole | 1/10–1/6 of blade, densely scaly; scales light brown, gradually diminishing in size distally. |
1/5–1/3 length of leaf, densely scaly; scales light brown, gradually diminishing in size distally. |
Blade | linear, often widest above middle, 1-pinnate, base narrowed. |
broadly lanceolate, 2-pinnate, base not narrowed. |
Pinnae | oblong to lanceolate to falcate, proximal pinnae ± deltate, rarely overlapping, in 1 plane, 0.5–3 cm, base truncate to oblique, acroscopic auricle well developed; margins serrulate-spiny with teeth spreading; apex acute, subapical tooth hardly smaller than apical tooth; microscales dense, on abaxial surface only. |
narrowly lanceolate, not overlapping, in 1 plane, 3–13 cm; base oblique, apex acute with subapical and apical teeth same size; microscales filiform, lacking projections, sparse abaxially, but longer than in other Polystichum species, forming loosely tangled network over blade and sori (such network only in this species), sparse adaxially. |
Indusia | entire or minutely dentate-erose. |
ciliate. |
Spores | dark brown. |
brown. |
Pinnules | ± stalked, linear-falcate to oblique-rhombic, acroscopic auricle well developed on proximal pinnules; margins spinulose-dentate; apex acute. |
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2n | = 82. |
= 82. |
Polystichum lonchitis |
Polystichum dudleyi |
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Habitat | In rock crevices or at base of boulders, mostly in boreal and subalpine coniferous forests or alpine regions | Moist forests |
Elevation | 0–3200 m (0–10500 ft) | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; ID; MI; MN; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; NF; NS; ON; QC; YT; Greenland
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CA
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Discussion | The hybrid between Polystichum lonchitis and P. acrostichoides (= P. × hagenahii Cody) is discussed under P. acrostichoides. The hybrid with P. braunii (= P. × meyeri Sleep & Reichstein) is discussed under P. braunii. In the Georgian Bay area of Ontario, P. lonchitis hybridizes with Dryopteris goldieana to produce the peculiar × Dryostichum singulare W. H. Wagner (W. H. Wagner Jr., F. S. Wagner et al. 1992). The spiny spores of P. lonchitis are distinctive and distinguish this from dwarfed forms of other 1-pinnate species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Polystichum dudleyi is confined to coastal central California. Hybrids with P. californicum are relatively frequent where these species occur together. These hybrids would key here but, unlike P. dudleyi, they are less divided and have aborted sporangia. The sterile diploid hybrid with P. munitum is also frequent in areas of sympatry. It is indistinguishable from P. californicum except for malformed sporangia and chromosome number (W. H. Wagner Jr. 1973). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Dryopteridaceae > Polystichum | Dryopteridaceae > Polystichum |
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Synonyms | Polypodium lonchitis | P. aculeatum var. dudleyi |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Roth: Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1): 71. (1799) | Maxon: J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 8: 620. (1918) |
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