PLANTS Profile for Cystopteris laurentiana (St. Lawrence bladderfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell
St. Lawrence bladderfern

Symbol:

CYLA4

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell

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Synonyms:
Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell

	CYFRH	Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. huteri (Hausman) Luerss.
	CYFRL2	Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. laurentiana Weath.

Distribution:
Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (IA, IL, MA, MI, MN, NH, PA, VT, WI), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 12 species in Cystopteris

Classification:
Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Cystopteris Bernh. – bladderfern
Species	Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell – St. Lawrence bladderfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell

This plant is 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.

Illinois:
Laurentian fragile fern		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Laurentian bladder fern		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell

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 17483.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 09:52 AM CDT