Cystopteris laurentiana (Weatherby) Blasdell. Common name: Laurentian Fragile Fern. Habitat: Calcareous cliffs and ledges. Distribution: NL west to ON, south to MA, PA, n. IL, and e. IA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: This allohexaploid species is derived from C. bulbifera × fragilis. Its genome can be symbolized as BBHHRR.
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA2, Il, K4, NE, NS, Pa; = Cystopteris ×laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell — Shmakov, Batkin, & Vaganov (2018); = Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. laurentiana Weath. — F, G; = Cystopteris tennesseensis Shaver ssp. laurentiana (Weath.) Windham — POWO, Windham & Pryer (2022). Basionym: Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. laurentiana Weath. 1926
Links to other floras: = Cystopteris laurentiana - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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