Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dryopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dryopteris cristata
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris cristata
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-005:
Dryopteris cristata
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Crested Wood-fern, Crested Shield Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drcr4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_drcr4_002_lvd
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcristata_0662b
June
Pinnae cut into blunt lobes, note bristle-tipped teeth near lobe tips only, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcristata_0689
June
Sori round, medial. Indusia kidney-shaped, glabrous, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcristata_0717b
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcristata_0779
June
Fertile pinnae distinctly oriented to a horizontal position, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcristata_habitlvl
June Avery County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcristata_invsh
June
A fertile allotetraploid parented by D. ludoviciana and "D. semicristata", per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcristata_lvl2
June Avery County NC
Blade narrow; sides almost parallel (mid to lower pinnae the same length), per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcristata_1935
July
Pinnae of fertile fronds twisted - like an open Venetian blind, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.