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Claytosmunda claytoniana (Linnaeus) Metzgar & Rouhan. Interrupted Fern. Phen: Mar-Jun. Hab: Upland forests, woodlands, and balds, moist (or even wet) to rather dry. Dist: NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south to n. GA, n. AL, TN, and AR; disjunct in e. and sc. Asia (the Asian plants sometimes separated as a variety).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: A fossil from the Triassic is seemingly indistinguishable from this species and suggests "that O. claytoniana has perhaps been in morphological stasis for at least 200 million years and also that the genus Osmunda is at least this old" (Metzgar et al. 2008).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bomfleur, Grimm, & McLoughlin (2015), Bomfleur, Grimm, & McLoughlin (2017), Metzgar et al (2008), PPG I (2016); = Osmunda claytoniana – Ar, FNA2, G, Il, K1, K3, Mo1, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S13, Sf, Tat, Tn, W, WV, Lin et al (2013); = Osmundastrum claytonianum (L.) Tagawa – K4; > Osmunda claytoniana var. claytoniana – C, F, Va

Links to other floras: = Osmunda claytoniana - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image of plant© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Claytosmunda claytoniana, Ball Mountain, Blue Ridge crest, Chattahoochee National Forest, Fannin County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Claytosmunda claytoniana, Ball Mountain, Blue Ridge crest, Chattahoochee National Forest, Fannin County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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