PLANTS Profile for Polystichum braunii (Braun's hollyfern)

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Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée
Braun's hollyfern

Symbol:

POBR4

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 17. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée

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Synonyms:
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée

	POBRP3	Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée ssp. purshii (Fernald) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
	POBRP2	Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée var. purshii Fernald

Distribution:
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée


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USA (AK, CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, PA, VT, WI), CAN (BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 28 species in Polystichum

Classification:
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Polystichum Roth – hollyfern
Species	Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée – Braun's hollyfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée

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.

Massachusetts:
Braun's holly-fern		Endangered
Minnesota:
Braun's holly fern		Endangered
New York:
Braun's holly fern		Exploitably Vulnerable
Pennsylvania:
Braun's holly fern		Endangered
Wisconsin:
Braun's holly-fern		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée

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 17678.

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

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

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 05:00 PM MDT