Blechnum spicant

(Linnaeus) Roth

5: 411. 1793.

Common names: Deer fern
Basionym: Osmunda spicant Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1066. 1753
Synonyms: Struthiopteris spicant (Linnaeus) Weis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Stems slender, short-creeping or ascending, not climbing. Leaves dimorphic, cespitose, erect or spreading, fertile leaves more erect and longer than sterile leaves. Petioles of fertile leaves reddish-brown to purple-black, 15-60 cm, coarsely scaly proximally. Petioles of sterile leaves reddish-brown, 2-30 cm, coarsely scaly proximally. Fertile blades erect, narrowly rhombic, 1-pinnate, without conform terminal pinna, 25-65 × 3-15 cm, glabrous. Sterile blades spreading, narrowly oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, pinnatifid to apex and so without conform terminal pinna, 20-75 × 3-14 cm, tapering at base, glabrous. Rachises of fertile and sterile leaves with indument of filiform, spreading scales abaxially. Fertile pinnae not articulate to rachis, sessile, decurrent and surcurrent to rachis; larger pinnae slightly curved, linear, 25-32 × 1.5-2 mm; margins entire, slightly to moderately revolute; costae with indument of a few small scales abaxially, often concealed by sori. Sterile pinnae closely spaced, not articulate to rachis, base fully adnate; larger pinnae curved, linear to oblong-linear or barely wider beyond middle, 15-35 × 3.5-5 mm; margins entire. 2n = 68.


Habitat: Wet coniferous woods and swamps
Elevation: 0-1400 m

Distribution

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B.C., Alaska, Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Blechnum spicant is found primarily along the coast and in coastal mountain ranges.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

No values specified.

... more about "Blechnum spicant"
Clifton E. Nauman +
(Linnaeus) Roth +
Osmunda spicant +
2-pinnate +, simple +  and 1-pinnate +
anthocyanic +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (75 cm750 mm <br />0.75 m <br />) +
sterile +  and fertile +
tapering +, pinnatifid +, narrowly oblanceolate +  and linear-lanceolate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Deer fern +
sorus-bearing +
hairy +, scaly +  and glabrous +
sorus-bearing +
B.C. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0-1400 m +
Wet coniferous woods and swamps +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
monomorphic +
cespitose +  and dimorphic +
more erect and longer +
erect +  and spreading +
sterile +  and fertile +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
ornamented +
not articulate +
reddish-brown;reddish-brown;purple-black +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
not articulate +  and sessile +
sterile +  and fertile +
hairy +, scaly +  and glabrous +
black +  and brown +
filiform +
continuous +  and uninterrupted +
elongate +
reniform +
dictyostelic +
not climbing +
ascending +  and short-creeping +
slender +
Struthiopteris spicant +
Blechnum spicant +
Blechnum +
species +
anastomosing +
rarely +  and terrestrial +
36 +, 34 +, 32 +, 31 +, 29 +  and 28 +