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Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteris

not marked as a favorite taxon Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson. Common name: Mountain Woodfern. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests. Distribution: Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) and n. Québec south to extreme n. Pennsylvania, and from extreme s. Pennsylvania south through e. West Virginia and w. Virginia to e. Tennessee and w. North Carolina.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This species is a fertile allotetraploid derived from hybridization of D. intermedia and the northern and western D. expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy, which does not (now) reach our area. The chromosome complement is symbolized EEII.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA2, K1, K4, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Sf, Tn, Va, W, WV, Montgomery & Paulton (1981); Aspidium campylopterum Kunze; = Dryopteris austriaca (Jacq.) Woyn. ex Schinz & Thell. var. austriaca — G; = Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt var. americana (Fisch. ex Kunze) Fernald — F; >< Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A.Gray — S13, misapplied. Basionym: Aspidium campylopterum Kunze 1848

Links to other floras: = Dryopteris campyloptera - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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image #1 of Dryopteris campyloptera© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Dryopteris campyloptera© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris campyloptera, Big Frog Mountain, Big Frog Wilderness, Cherokee National Forest, Polk County, Tennessee 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Dryopteris campyloptera© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Dryopteris campyloptera© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris campyloptera, Richland Balsam, Blue Ridge Parkway, Jackson County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Dryopteris campyloptera© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Dryopteris campyloptera© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris campyloptera, Roan Mountain, Pisgah National Forest, Mitchell County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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