OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris cristata   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris cristata   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Dryopteris cristata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-005:

Dryopteris cristata   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Dryopteris cristata

 

COMMON NAME:
Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern


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image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_drcr4_001_lvd

        

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_drcr4_002_lvd

        

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcristata_0662b

June        

Pinnae cut into blunt lobes, note bristle-tipped teeth near lobe tips only, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcristata_0689

June        

Sori round, medial. Indusia kidney-shaped, glabrous, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcristata_0717b

June        

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcristata_0779

June        

Fertile pinnae distinctly oriented to a horizontal position, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdcristata_habitlvl

June    Avery County    NC

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdcristata_invsh

June        

A fertile allotetraploid parented by D. ludoviciana and "D. semicristata", per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdcristata_lvl2

June    Avery County    NC

Blade narrow; sides almost parallel (mid to lower pinnae the same length), per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dryopteris cristata, Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcristata_1935

July        

Pinnae of fertile fronds twisted - like an open Venetian blind, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris cristata   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris cristata   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dryopteris cristata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-005:
Dryopteris cristata   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris cristata

 

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2428

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Tending to be evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in a short row behind a cluster of buds

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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