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(C. Presl) Fraser Jenkins & Jermy

Brit. Fern Gaz. 11: 338. 1977.

Common names: Northern wood fern spreading wood fern dryoptère dressée
Basionym: Nephrodium expansum C. Presl
Synonyms: Dryopteris assimilis S. WalkerDryopteris dilatata subsp. americana (Fischer) Hultén
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Leaves monomorphic, tardily dying back in winter, to 90 × 30 cm. Petiole 1/3 length of leaf, scaly at least at base; scales scattered, brown with dark-brown stripe. Blade green, deltate-ovate, 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, usually not glandular, occasionally finely and densely glandular. Pinnae ± in plane of blade, lanceolate-oblong; basal pinnae deltate, slightly reduced, basal pinnules equal to or longer than adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule longer than basal acroscopic pinnule; pinnule margins serrate. Sori midway between midvein and margin of segments. Indusia lacking glands or sparsely glandular. 2n = 82.


Habitat: Cool moist woods and rocky slopes
Elevation: 50–1500 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Nfld., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Idaho, Mich., Minn., Mont., Oreg., Wash., Wis., Wyo., Europe.

Discussion

Dryopteris expansa is diploid and is one of the parents of D. campyloptera. Where their ranges overlap in eastern Canada, these two species are very difficult to distinguish except by chromosome number. The growth habit (D. expansa leaves are more erect) is useful in the field. Three hybrids involving D. expansa are known; all are very rare.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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James D. Montgomery +  and Warren H. Wagner Jr. +
(C. Presl) Fraser Jenkins & Jermy +
Nephrodium expansum +
Northern wood fern +, spreading wood fern +  and dryoptère dressée +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Nfld. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and Europe. +
50–1500 m +
Cool moist woods and rocky slopes +
Brit. Fern Gaz. +
Dryopteris assimilis +  and Dryopteris dilatata subsp. americana +
Dryopteris expansa +
Dryopteris +
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