PLANTS Profile for Athyrium americanum (alpine ladyfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon
alpine ladyfern

Symbol:

ATAM

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Photo of Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

©Lindsey Koepke. United States, WA, Pierce Co., Mount Rainier National Park, Sunrise. July 22, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

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Synonyms:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

	ATAL4	Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde
	ATALA	Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde ssp. americanum (Butters) Lellinger
	ATALA2	Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde var. americanum Butters
	ATALG	Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde var. gaspense Fernald
	ATDIA2	Athyrium distentifolium Tausch ex Opiz ssp. americanum (Butters) Hultén
	ATDIA3	Athyrium distentifolium Tausch ex Opiz var. americanum (Butters) B. Boivin

Distribution:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 3 species in Athyrium

Classification:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Athyrium Roth – ladyfern
Species	Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon – alpine ladyfern

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

Athyrium distentifolium ssp. americanum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 192173.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 03:50 PM CST