PLANTS Profile for Dryopteris fragrans (fragrant woodfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott
fragrant woodfern

Symbol:

DRFR

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Line Drawing of Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott

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: 19. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott

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Synonyms:
Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott

	DRFRF	Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott var. fragrans		fragrant woodfern
	DRFRR	Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott var. remotiuscula Kom.		fragrant woodfern

Distribution:
Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott


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USA (AK, MN, NY)

Related Taxa:
Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 48 species in Dryopteris

Classification:
Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott

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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 fragrans (L.) Schott – fragrant woodfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott

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.

Maine:
fragrant cliff wood-fern		Special Concern
New Hampshire:
fragrant fern		Threatened
New York:
fragrant cliff fern		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17536.

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 06:14 PM CDT