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Dryopteris fragrans

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Name

Identification
Polypodium fragrans L. [family POLYPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Dryopteris aquilonaris
  • Polypodium fragrans
  • Dryopteris fragrans
  • Nephrodium fragrans
Common name
  • dryoptère fragrante, Flora of North America Vol. 2
  • Fragrant wood fern, Flora of North America Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Dryopteris fragrans (Linnaeus) Schott [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 2,
Names
Dryopteris fragrans (Linnaeus) Schott [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE], Gen. Fil., plate 9. 1834
Polypodium fragrans Linnaeus [family POLYPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl., 2: 1089. 1753
Dryopteris fragrans var. remotiuscula Komarov [family DRYOPTERIDACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
James D. Montgomery
Warren H. Wagner Jr.
Information
Leaves monomorphic, green through winter, 6--40 × 1--6 cm, old leaves persistent as gray or brown conspicuous clump at plant base (only in this species). Petiole 1/3 length of leaf, scaly throughout; scales dense, brown to red-brown. Blades green, linear-lanceolate, pinnate-pinnatifid to 2-pinnate, papery, densely scaly (only in this species) abaxially, glandular, aromatic when handled (only in this species). Pinnae ± in plane of blade, linear-oblong; basal pinnae linear-oblong, much reduced, basal pinnules longer than adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule and basal acroscopic pinnule equal; pinnule margins crenately toothed. Sori midway between midvein and margin of segments. Indusia glandular. 2 n = 82.
Altitude range
50--1800 m
Distribution
GreenlandEurope in n FinlandAsia in nnw former Soviet republics.USA AlaskaUSA MaineUSA Mich.USA Minn.USA N.H.USA N.Y.USA Vt.USA Wis.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld.Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada Que.Canada Sask.Canada Yukon
Discussion
Dryopteris fragrans is a northern species and is not closely related to the other species in North America. The only hybrid known to involve D . fragrans is with D . marginalis , producing D . × algonquinensis D. Britton.

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