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Dryopteris arguta
Dryopteris arguta, with the common name coastal woodfern, is a species of wood fern. It is native to the west coast and western interior mountain ranges of North America,[2] from British Columbia, throughout California, and into Arizona.
| Dryopteris arguta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Dryopteris |
| Species: | D. arguta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dryopteris arguta (Kaulf.) Watt | |
It grows between sea level and 6,000 feet (1,800 m). It is found in mixed evergreen forests, oak woodlands, and shady lower elevation slopes in chaparral and woodlands habitats.
Description edit
Dryopteris arguta is somewhat variable in appearance. Leaflets sometimes turn at an angle from the leaf, giving it a ruffled or lacy look, and the toothed leaflets may have bristles at their tips. According to C. Michael Hogan, the thin concave indusia are quite closely spaced and almost entirely cover the sporangia.[3]
References edit
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?19,27,28 Jepson Manual. 1993. , University of California Press, Berkeley, California
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Coastal Woodfern (Dryopteris arguta), GlobalTwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Jepson Manual — Dryopteris arguta
- CalFlora Database: Dryopteris arguta (California wood fern, Shield Fern, coastal wood fern)
- USDA Plants Profile: Dryopteris arguta
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