Polystichum lonchitis |
Polystichum kwakiutlii |
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holly fern, mountain fern, northern holly fern, polystic faux-lonchitis |
kwakiutl's hollyfern |
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Stems | erect to occasionally ascending. |
unknown. |
Leaves | erect, not arching except at tip, 1–6 dm; bulblets absent. |
(only distal portion known) with bulblets present. |
Petiole | 1/10–1/6 of blade, densely scaly; scales light brown, gradually diminishing in size distally. |
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Blade | linear, often widest above middle, 1-pinnate, base narrowed. |
lanceolate, 2-pinnate, base probably 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, ca. 2–7 cm, base truncate to oblique, acroscopic proximal pinnule enlarged, apex obtuse. |
Indusia | entire or minutely dentate-erose. |
entire. |
Spores | dark brown. |
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Pinnules | short-stalked, ovate-rhombic, acroscopic auricle ± well developed, margins finely spiny-dentate; apex acuminate; microscales filiform, lacking projections, dense abaxially, sparse adaxially. |
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2n | = 82. |
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Polystichum lonchitis |
Polystichum kwakiutlii |
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Habitat | In rock crevices or at base of boulders, mostly in boreal and subalpine coniferous forests or alpine regions | Habitat unknown. |
Elevation | 0–3200 m (0–10500 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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BC; Of conservation concern |
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 kwakiutlii is known only from the type specimen, collected at Alice Arm, British Columbia (whether referring to inlet or town is unknown). This species is presumed to be one of the diploid progenitors of P. andersonii. It should be sought among the boreal 2-pinnate polystichums, from which it can be distinguished by the presence of bulblets. Polystichum kwakiutlii differs from P. andersonii in its completely divided pinnae and entire indusia. (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 | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Roth: Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1): 71. (1799) | D. H. Wagner: Amer. Fern J. 80: 50, fig. 1. (1990) |
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