PLANTS Profile for Dryopteris clintoniana (Clinton's woodfern)

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Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell
Clinton's woodfern

Symbol:

DRCL

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 20. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Synonyms:
Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell

	DRCRC3	Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray var. clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Underw.
	DRPO3	Dryopteris ×poyseri Wherry

Distribution:
Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell


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USA (CT, DC, DE, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WI), CAN (NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 48 species in Dryopteris

Classification:
Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Dryopteris Adans. – woodfern
Species	Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell – Clinton's woodfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell

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.

Indiana:
Clinton woodfern		Extirpated
New York:
Clinton's shield fern		Exploitably Vulnerable
Ohio:
Clinton's wood fern		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Clinton's shield fern		Threatened

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. H

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More Accounts and Images:
Dryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell

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 17530.

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: 06/17/2013 11:34 PM CDT