PLANTS Profile for Thelypteris simulata (bog fern)

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Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.
bog fern

Symbol:

THSI2

Group:

Fern

Family:

Thelypteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.

Dryopteris simulata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 19. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.

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Synonyms:
Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.

DRSI3

Dryopteris simulata Davenport

Distribution:
Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.

View 6 genera in Thelypteridaceae, 72 species in Thelypteris

Classification:
Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Thelypteridaceae – Marsh Fern family
Genus	Thelypteris Schmidel – maiden fern
Species	Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl. – bog fern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.

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.

Maryland:
bog fern		Threatened
New York:
Massachusetts fern		Exploitably Vulnerable
North Carolina:
bog fern		Threatened
Tennessee:
bog fern		Possibly Extirpated, Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.

Nat. Ind.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17272.

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: 10/20/2008 10:54 PM MDT