Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris cristata
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
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Learn more about Dryopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris cristata
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dryopteris cristata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-005:
Dryopteris cristata FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris cristata
COMMON NAME:
Crested Woodfern, 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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris cristata
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris cristata
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dryopteris cristata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-005:
Dryopteris cristata
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris cristata
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Tending to be evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in a short row behind a cluster of buds
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p154
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p81
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p137
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