PLANTS Profile for Dryopteris expansa (spreading woodfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy
spreading woodfern

Symbol:

DREX2

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 Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy

©Lindsey Koepke. United States, WA, Pierce Co., Ashford, Tahoma Woods. June 2, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy

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Synonyms:
Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy

	DRAS3	Dryopteris assimilis S. Walker
	DRDI2	Dryopteris dilatata auct. non (Hoffm.) A. Gray
	DRDIA	Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A. Gray ssp. americana (Fisch.) Hultén
	DRSPD2	Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F. Müll.) Watt var. dilatata auct. non (Hoffm.) Underw.

Distribution:
Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, OR, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, NT, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 48 species in Dryopteris

Classification:
Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy

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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 expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy – spreading woodfern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy

Dryopteris dilatata:

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,FACW

FAC

FACW

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy

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 17534.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 06:25 AM MST