PLANTS Profile for Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis (royal fern)

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Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray
royal fern

Symbol:

OSRES

Group:

Fern

Family:

Osmundaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray

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Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray

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Distribution:
Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray

View 1 genera in Osmundaceae, 4 species in Osmunda, 1 varieties in Osmunda regalis L.

Classification:
Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Osmundaceae – Royal Fern family
Genus	Osmunda L. – osmunda
Species	Osmunda regalis L. – royal fern
Variety	Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray – royal fern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray

The related entities italicized and indented below are 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.

Florida:
Osmunda regalis
royal fern		Commercially Exploited
Iowa:
Osmunda regalis
royal fern		Threatened
New York:
Osmunda regalis
royal fern		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:
Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray

Osmunda regalis:

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

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529314.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 05:38 AM MDT