| Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Slosson |
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Family | Thelypteridaceae — APG family: Thelypteridaceae |
Synonyms | Phegopteris polypodioides Fee, Dryopteris phegopteris (L.) Christens., Phegopteris dryopteris (L.) Fee., Polypodium phegopteris L. |
Description | Rhizome slender, long, with light-brown, hairy, lanceolate scales; fronds solitary, widely separated, up to 40 cm tall; stipe twice as long as blade, hairy and scaly; pinnae hairy on both surfaces, scaly on veins, basal pair usually drooping in mature specimens; sori small, submarginal; indusium lacking. |
Ecology | Woods and stony slopes, common on southern coast from lowlands up to lower alpine region. Northernmost locality in Yukon valley is at a hot spring. Described from Europe and Virginia. |