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Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman
western oakfern

       
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Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

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Synonyms:
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

  DRDR2 Dryopteris dryopteris (L.) Britton
  DRLI2 Dryopteris linnaeana C. Chr.
  PHDR3 Phegopteris dryopteris (L.) Fée
  THDR Thelypteris dryopteris (L.) Slosson
 

Distribution:
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AK, AZ, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 9 species in Gymnocarpium
 

Classification:
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Polypodiales
Family Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus Gymnocarpium Newman – oakfern
Species Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman – western oakfern
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

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.

Illinois:
oak fern              Endangered
Iowa:
oak fern              Threatened
Maryland:
oak fern              Endangered
New York:
oak fern              Exploitably Vulnerable
Ohio:
oak fern              Threatened
Rhode Island:
oak fern              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

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
UPL,FAC UPL NI FAC FACU NO NO FAC FACU FAC* NO FACU NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 17579.

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

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

 
 
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