Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson. Common name: Mountain Woodfern. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) and n. QC south to extreme n. PA, and from extreme s. PA south through e. WV and w. VA to e. TN and w. NC.
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, 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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© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris campyloptera, Big Frog Mountain, Big Frog Wilderness, Cherokee National Forest, Polk County, Tennessee 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris campyloptera, Richland Balsam, Blue Ridge Parkway, Jackson County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris campyloptera, Roan Mountain, Pisgah National Forest, Mitchell County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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