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Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray
marginal woodfern

       
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Line Drawing of Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 20. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray

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Distribution:
Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 48 species in Dryopteris
 

Classification:
Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Polypodiales
Family Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus Dryopteris Adans. – woodfern
Species Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray – marginal woodfern
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Iowa:
marginal shield fern              Threatened
Minnesota:
marginal shield-fern              Threatened
New York:
marginal wood fern              Exploitably Vulnerable
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU-,FACU FACU- FACU FACU NO NI FACU NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17541.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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