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Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteris

not marked as a favorite taxon Dryopteris goldieana (Hooker ex Goldie) A. Gray. Common name: Goldie's Woodfern, Giant Woodfern. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Boulderfield forests, rich cove forests, seepage swamps, especially over calcareous sedimentary or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks. Distribution: NB west to s. ON and MN, south to nw. SC, n. GA, TN, KY, AR (Peck 2011), IL, and IA. Previous reports from AL are misidentifications (W. Barger, pers.comm., 2023).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This species is one of the diploid ‘parent species’ of the e. North American reticulately-evolved Dryopteris complex. Its genome (symbolized GG) forms half of the genome of the tetraploid D. celsa, and one third of the hexaploid D. clintoniana. The epithet is correctly spelled "goldieana", following the ICNafp.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, K4, POWO, S13; Aspidium goldianum Hook. ex Goldie; = Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray — Ar, C, F, FNA2, GrPl, Il, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, RAB, Sf, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Montgomery & Paulton (1981); = Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray ssp. goldiana — G. Basionym: Aspidium goldianum Hook. ex Goldie 1822

Links to other floras: = Dryopteris goldiana - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (name change)
  • Midwest: FAC (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 1

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image #1 of Dryopteris goldieana© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Dryopteris goldieana© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris goldiana, Upper Sosebee Cove, Sosebee Cove Scenic Area, Chattahoochee National Forest, Union County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Dryopteris goldieana© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris goldiana, Upper Sosebee Cove, Sosebee Cove Scenic Area, Chattahoochee National Forest, Union County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Dryopteris goldieana© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Dryopteris goldieana© Tim Koles CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Dryopteris goldieana© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Dryopteris goldieana© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Dryopteris goldieana© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Dryopteris goldieana© Alan Cressler: Dryopteris goldiana, Mountain Cove, Chattahoochee National Forest, Union County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Dryopteris goldieana© Stephanie Brundage. Goldie's Woodfern, Dryopteris goldieana DRGO3 CC-BY

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