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Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon
alpine ladyfern

       
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Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

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Synonyms:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

  ATAL4 Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde
  ATALA Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde ssp. americanum (Butters) Lellinger
  ATALA2 Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde var. americanum Butters
  ATALG Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde var. gaspense Fernald
  ATDIA2 Athyrium distentifolium Tausch ex Opiz ssp. americanum (Butters) Hultén
  ATDIA3 Athyrium distentifolium Tausch ex Opiz var. americanum (Butters) B. Boivin
 

Distribution:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, QC, YT), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 3 species in Athyrium
 

Classification:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Polypodiales
Family Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus Athyrium Roth – ladyfern
Species Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon – alpine ladyfern
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

Athyrium distentifolium ssp. americanum:

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

More Accounts and Images:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 192173.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/29/2008 06:08 PM MDT