| Dryopteris dilatata subsp. americana (Fisch.) Hult. |
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Family | Aspidiaceae — APG family: Dryopteridaceae |
Synonyms | Dryopteris austriaca, Polypodium dilatatum Hoffm., Dryopteris dilatata var. americana (Fisch.) Benedict, Thelypteris dilatata var. americana (Fisch.) House, Aspidium spinulosum var. americanum Fisch. |
Description | Rhizome stout, ascending, covered with old stipe bases; stipe shorter than blade, chaffy, with pale-brown scales; frond not glandular, ovate to ovate-triangular. tripinnate; basal pinnae triangular, larger and broader than other pinnae; uppe: innermost pinnules of basal pair of pinnae much shorter than lower pinnules. |
Ecology | Woods, moist places, to about 800 meters in mountains in McKinley Park. Described from Germany. |