Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Dryopteridaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants Woodsia-like in aspect; rhizomes ± erect; lvs evergreen (and long-persistent after death), firm, fragrant, glandular and scaly; petiole short, to 7 cm; blade lance-linear, pinnate-pinnatifid, to 30 × 5.5 cm, acuminate, gradually narrowed below, the lowest pinnae very small; pinnae numerous and crowded, mostly 15–25 pairs, linear-oblong, to 27 × 8 mm, with 6–10 pairs of oblong, obtuse, crenate segments to 5 mm, not spinulose; veins obscure, 2–3 pairs per segment; sori large, often only 1–4 per segment; indusia glandular-margined; 2n=82. Cliff-crevices, often on limestone; interruptedly circumboreal, s. to N. Y., Ont., n. Mich., Wis., and Minn.
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Common Names
fragrant wood-fern