Thelypteris noveboracensis
Amer. Midl. Naturalist 1: 225. 1910.
Stems usually long-creeping, 1.5–2.5 mm diam. Leaves monomorphic, dying back in winter, mostly evenly spaced 1 cm or more (sun-gathering leaves in loose cluster), (25–)40–85 cm. Petiole straw-colored, 4–25 cm × 1–3 mm, at base with scales tan to reddish brown, ovate, glabrous. Blade elliptic, 15–60 cm, proximal 4–10 pinna pairs gradually smaller toward base (smallest often less than 5 mm), blade tapering gradually to pinnatifid apex. Pinnae deeply pinnatifid to within 1 mm of costa, 3–9(–13) × 1–2(–2.5) cm; segments oblong to linear, somewhat oblique, entire to crenulate; proximal pair of veins from adjacent segments meeting margin above sinus. Indument abaxially of moderately to densely set hairs to 1 mm on rachises, costae, and veins, glands lacking or yellowish to light orangish, mostly sessile on blade tissue; blades adaxially often with hairs on veins. Sori round, supramedial; indusia tan, often ciliate; sporangia glabrous. 2n = 54.
Habitat: Terrestrial in moist woods, especially near swamps, streams, and in vernal seeps of ravines, often in slightly disturbed secondary forests, frequently forming large colonies
Elevation: 0–1100 m
Distribution
St. Pierre and Miquelon, N.B., Nfld., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.