Friday, July 23, 2010

Clinton Fern




Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dryopteridaces
Genus: Dryopteris
Species: D. clintoniana

Identifying Characteristics:

- Height: 2-4 ft tall

- Location of spores: underside of fronds (leaves)

- Color: bluish-green, light green

- Leaflets: The lowest pair of leaflets are each shaped as a broad-basd triangle

- Fronds: are up to 20cm wide, 90-135cm long; they are "lanceolate," which means they are lance-shaped with long, tapered apex and a short, tapered base; "bipinnatifid," which means that the leaflets and pinnules are both deeply lobed


Special Adaptations:

-Habitat: swamp woods, deciduous forest

- shade tolerant

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