PLANTS Profile for Polystichum acrostichoides var. lonchitoides (Christmas fern)

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PLANTS Profile

Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks
Christmas fern

Symbol:

POACL

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks

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Distribution:
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks


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USA (WV)

Related Taxa:
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 28 species in Polystichum, 2 varieties in Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott

Classification:
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Polystichum Roth – hollyfern
Species	Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott – Christmas fern
Variety	Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks – Christmas fern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks

The related entities italicized and indented below are 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.

Minnesota:
Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas fern		Threatened
New York:
Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas fern		Exploitably Vulnerable

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks

Polystichum acrostichoides:

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

UPL,FAC

FACU-

FAC

UPL

FACU*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. lonchitoides Brooks

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529800.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 11:44 AM CDT