Dryopteris normalis C.Chr.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Dryopteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Dryopteris normalis C.Chr.

  • Description

    Species Description - Bootstock horizontal, slender, scaly. Leaves erect or ascending, once pinnate, 3-15 dm. long, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate in outline, the petiole usually shorter than the blade, puberulent and usually bearing some scales toward the base, otherwise smooth; pinnae usually many, rather close together, sessile, mostly less than 1 dm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, lanceolate, long-tipped, deeply pinnatifid, pubescent beneath, the segments ovate, obtuse or acute, entire, the lower pair somewhat larger than the others; veins free.

  • Discussion

    Pine-lands, coppices, sink-holes and marshes, Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Lignum Vitae Cay, Rose Island. Eleuthera, Cat Island, Acklin's Island, Watling's Island. Great Guana Cay, Great Exuma, North Caicos : Florida ; West Indies. Referred to D. patens by Dolley, by Mrs. Northrop and by Coker. Dolley records a fern under the name Aspidium incisum Griseb. : this name applies to a West Indian Dryopteris not known to inhabit the Bahamas. The record may apply to one of the preceding species.

  • Distribution

    Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Lignum Vitae Cay, Rose Island. Eleuthera, Cat Island, Acklin's Island, Watling's Island. Great Guana Cay, Great Exuma, North Caicos : Florida ; West Indies.

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