PLANTS Profile for Dryopteris cristata (crested woodfern)

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Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray
crested woodfern

Symbol:

DRCR4

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Dryopteris cristata (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: 19. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray

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Distribution:
Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

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

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 48 species in Dryopteris

Classification:
Dryopteris cristata (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 cristata (L.) A. Gray – crested woodfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dryopteris cristata (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.

New York:
crested wood fern		Exploitably Vulnerable
Tennessee:
crested shield-fern		Threatened
Washington:
crested shield-fern		Sensitive

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

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 17531.

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.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 06:52 AM MDT