Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dryopteris campyloptera
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
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Learn more about Dryopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris campyloptera
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dryopteris campyloptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dryopteris campyloptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Dryopteris campyloptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-004:
Dryopteris campyloptera FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris austriaca var. austriaca
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris spinulosa var. americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris campyloptera
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Woodfern
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcampyloptera_0319
June
A broadly triangular frond silhouette, much wider than similar Dryopteris, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcampyloptera_0421
June
Blade widely ovate, about 2/3 as broad as rachis length, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcampyloptera_0861
June
Sori are prominent, halfway between midvein and margin, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcampyloptera_mm1
June Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcampyloptera_mm3
June Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
A fertile allotetraploid derived from hybridization of D. intermedia & expansa, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0407v_25
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Basal pinnae's lower innermost pinnule 3-5x as long as upper, & also offset, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcampyloptera_gf1
Month Unknown Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dryopteris campyloptera
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris campyloptera
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dryopteris campyloptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dryopteris campyloptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Dryopteris campyloptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-004:
Dryopteris campyloptera
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris austriaca var. austriaca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris spinulosa var. americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris campyloptera
491
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon in NC Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid to almost 3-pinnate
Leaves in a circle around a ring of buds
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p78
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p130
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p366
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