Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Pteridophytes
Family Name: Dryopteridaceae

Dryopteris - [maps | photos]

• Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson
  Common Name: mountain wood fern

• Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: spinulose wood fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F. Muell.) Watt

• Dryopteris celsa (Wm. Palmer) Knowlt., Palmer & Pollard ex Small
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: log fern

• Dryopteris cristata (L.) Gray (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: crested wood fern

• Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie.) Gray
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: Goldie's wood fern

• Dryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Gray
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: intermediate wood fern

• Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: marginal wood fern

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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