PLANTS Profile for Cystopteris tenuis (upland brittle bladderfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.
upland brittle bladderfern

Symbol:

CYTE7

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.

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Synonyms:
Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.

CYFRM

Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. mackayi G. Lawson

Distribution:
Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 12 species in Cystopteris

Classification:
Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.

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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 tenuis (Michx.) Desv. – upland brittle bladderfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.

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.

New York:
fragile fern		Exploitably Vulnerable

More Accounts and Images:
Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.

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 501961.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 06:50 AM CDT