Dryopteris carthusiana
spinulose wood-fern, toothed wood-fern
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Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east across the northern U.S. and Canada to eastern North America.

Habitat: Moist woods and streambanks.

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Description:
General:

Perennial, dying back each winter, stems creeping to erect, lacking stolons.

Leaves:

Leaves monomorphic, 15-75 cm long and 10-30 cm broad; petiole 1/4-1/3 length of leaf; scales found at least at base, scattered, tan; blade light green, ovate-lanceolate, 2-3-pinnate-pinnafitid, not glandular; pinnae mostly in same plane as blade, lanceolate-oblong, basal pinnae lanceolate-deltate and slightly reduced, basal pinnules usually longer than others, basal basiscopic pinnule longer than basal acroscopic pinnule, pinnule margins serrate with spiny teeth.

Spores:

Indusia glands absent, round-reniform, attached at narrow sinus; spores brownish.

Accepted Name:
Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs
Publication: Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 105: 339. 1959.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Dryopteris austriaca (Jacq.) Schinz & Thell. var. spinulosa (O.F. Muell.) Fiori
Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F. Muell.) Watt
Polypodium carthusianum Vill.
Polypodium spinulosum O.F. Muell.
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Dryopteris carthusiana in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Dryopteris carthusiana checklist entry

OregonFlora: Dryopteris carthusiana information

E-Flora BC: Dryopteris carthusiana atlas page

CalPhotos: Dryopteris carthusiana photos

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