Cystopteris montana

(Lamarck) Bernhardi ex Desvaux

Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2,3): 264.1827.

Common names: Mountain bladder fern cystoptère des montagnes
Basionym: Polypodium montanum Lamarck Fl. Franç. 1(2): 23. 1779
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Stems long-creeping, cordlike, internodes 1–2 (–4) cm, old petiole bases few, hairs absent; scales usually tan to light-brown, ovatelanceolate, radial walls tan to brown, thin, luminae tan. Leaves monomorphic, at stem apex but not tightly clustered, to 45 cm, sori production about equal on all leaves (fairly independent of season). Petiole dark-brown to black at base, gradually becoming green or straw-colored distally, (1–) 2–3 times length of blades, sparsely scaly throughout. Blade elongate-pentagonal, 3 (–4) -pinnate-pinnatifid; rachis and costae lacking gland-tipped hairs or bulblets; axils of pinnae with occasional multicellular gland-tipped hairs. Pinnae ascending, typically at acute angle to rachis, only proximal pinnae occasionally curving toward blade apex, margins serrate; proximal pinnae pinnate-pinnatifid, inequilateral, basal basiscopic pinnule stalked, enlarged, base truncate to obtuse; distal pinnae deltate to ovate. Veins directed into notches. Indusia cupshaped, apex truncate, hairs gland-tipped only along margin. Spores spiny, usually 37–42 µm. 2n = 168.


Phenology: Sporulating summer–fall.
Habitat: Terrestrial in wet woods or along water courses
Elevation: rare; 0–3500 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., N.S., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Mont., Eurasia

Discussion

Cystopteris montana, the most distinctive of the Cystopteris in the flora, probably is allied to Asian species. Although this boreal species is restricted primarily to high latitudes, it occurs disjunctly at high elevations in Colorado, where its habitats are being threatened by development. Cystopteris montana does not hybridize with any other Cystopteris in the flora, but it has been implicated in the origin of the European allopolyploid C. alpina (Roth) Desvaux.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Cystopteris montana"
pinnatifid +
Christopher H. Haufler +, Robbin C. Moran +  and Michael D. Windham +
(Lamarck) Bernhardi ex Desvaux +
persisting +
truncate +  and obtuse +
Polypodium montanum +
simple to commonly +
3(-4)-pinnate-pinnatifid;elongate-pentagonal +
reduced +
membranaceous;herbaceous +
roundish +
Mountain bladder fern +  and cystoptère des montagnes +
deltate +  and ovate +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Mont. +  and Eurasia +
rare +  and 0–3500 m +
often +  and glabrous +
Terrestrial in wet woods or along water courses +
gland-tipped +  and multicellular +
of uniseriate , multicellular hairs +
occasional +  and lacking +
persistent +  and ephemeral +
cup-shaped +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
monomorphic +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
straw-colored +, green +, dark-brown +  and black +
Sporulating summer–fall. +
not articulate +
enlarged +
petiolulate +  and sessile +
inequilateral +  and pinnate-pinnatifid +
reduced +  and not reduced +
Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris +
round +, cuplike +, hoodlike +, reniform +, falcate +  and linear +
2 +  and 3 +
usually tan;light-brown +
persistent +
ovatelanceolate +
serrate;dentate;serrate;dentate +
cuneate +  and inequilateral +
discrete +
reniform +  and oblong +
dictyostelic +, unbranched +  and branched +
creeping +  and erect +
cordlike +
Cystopteris montana +
Cystopteris +
species +
oblong +  and round +
on rock +  and terrestrial +
epiphytic +  and hemiepiphytic +