OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris carthusiana   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Dryopteris carthusiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-003:

Dryopteris spinulosa   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Dryopteris austriaca var. spinulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Dryopteris spinulosa var. spinulosa

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

Dryopteris spinulosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_drca11_001_lvd

        

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_drsp4_001_lvd

        

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Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_9507

May        

Sori small, midway between midvein and margin, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_9511

May        

Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, with minute pinhead glands, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_9519

May        

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_2583

August        

Tends to form clumps, because of short-creeping rhizome, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_2586

August        

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_2680

September        

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_2680c

September        

Spine-tipped toothed margin with tips curving slightly near pinnule tip, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_2686

September        

Innermost lower pinnule in basal pinnae 2x as long as opposing upper pinnule, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dcarthusiana_2698

September        

Nearly the same width at base as at middle; often light to yellow-green, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris carthusiana   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dryopteris carthusiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-003:
Dryopteris spinulosa   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris austriaca var. spinulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris spinulosa var. spinulosa

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

 

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497

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Acidic, organic-rich bogs, swamps, less frequently in moist rocky ravines, rich forests, and sloping rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Pinnule margins finely toothed and spine-tipped

LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in a short row behind an irregular cluster of buds

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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