NOTES: Widespread across the northern hemisphere. Dryopteris species can be identified by the circular-shaped sori that are covered by a translucent tissue (indusium). Semi-evergreen.
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Toothed Wood Fern
Genus species:
Dryopteris carthusiana
Common Names:
Toothed Wood Fern Spinulose Wood Fern
Family Name:
Dryopteridaceae
Rhizomes creeping, scaly; leaves various, the petioles with 2-many vascular bundles; sori dorsal on veins or at vein tips, an indusium present in most, linear to reniform to hoodlike or lobed but not marginal; sporangia with annulus complete.
Seed Type:
Gymnosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Native
Category:
Fern
Identified by:
M. Becus
Months in Bloom:
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.