PLANTS Profile for Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum (subarctic ladyfern)

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Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.
subarctic ladyfern

Symbol:

ATFIC

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.

Athyrium filix-femina var. sitchense

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, Berkeley, Regional Parks Botanic Garden at Tilden. June 5, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.

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Synonyms:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.

	ATALC	Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Milde var. cyclosorum (Rupr.) T. Moore
	ATANB	Athyrium angustum (Willd.) C. Presl var. boreale Jennings
	ATANE	Athyrium angustum (Willd.) C. Presl var. elatius (Link) Butters
	ATFIC3	Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth var. californicum Butters
	ATFIC2	Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth var. cyclosorum (Rupr.) Ledeb.
	ATFIS	Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth var. sitchense (Rupr.) Ledeb.

Distribution:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 3 species in Athyrium, 3 subspecies in Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

Classification:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.

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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 filix-femina (L.) Roth – common ladyfern
Subspecies	Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr. – subarctic ladyfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
Athyrium filix-femina
southern lady fern		Threatened
New York:
Athyrium filix-femina
lady fern		Exploitably Vulnerable

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 filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.

Athyrium filix-femina:

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

FAC,FAC+

FAC

FAC+

FAC

FAC+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17416.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:05 PM CDT