familyDryopteridaceae
genusWoodsia
speciesWoodsia scopulina
subspeciesWoodsia scopulina subsp. scopulina
Woodsia scopulina subsp. scopulina
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Scales of stems and petiole bases usually concolored or with a few isolated, dark, occluded cells, scales ovatelanceolate. Pinnae with longest hairs composed of 2–5 cells. Indusial segments narrow, often filamentous distally. Spores averaging 42–50 µm. 2n = 76.
Phenology: Sporulating summer–fall.
Habitat: Cliffs and rocky slopes, found on variety of substrates including both granite and limestone
Elevation: 100–4000 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Woodsia scopulina subsp. scopulina is known to hybridize with subsp. laurentiana at localities where the two grow in close proximity. The resultant triploids have malformed spores and appear to be sterile.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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interrupted +
vertical +
3-celled +
equilateral +
swollen +
simple to commonly +
2-pinnate +
viscid +
herbaceous +
lanceolate;linear-lanceolate +
reduced +
2;2;many +
roundish +
isodiametric +
dark +
grooved +
green +
aboveground +
cordate +
continuous +
Cliffs and rocky slopes, found on variety of substrates including both granite and limestone +
multicellular +
isolated +
concentrated +
absent +
abundant +
flattened +
filamentous +
persistent +
basal +
concealed +
dissected +
monomorphic +
absent +
dying +
dimorphic +
circinate +
pale-brown +
nonlustrous +
thin +
persistent +
winter +
not articulate +
persistent +
few-to-many +
brittle +
not articulate +
longer than wide +
dentate +
lobed +
translucent +
sessile +
reduced +
Canad. Naturalist & Quart. J. Sci. +
1865 +
elevated +
with a few isolated , dark , occluded cells;concolored +
persistent +
ovatelanceolate +
not spiny;entire;dentate +
scale-like +
filamentous +
discrete +
mature +
round +
Endemic +
acrostichoid +
mature +
monolete +
brownish +
cristate +
climbing +
creeping +
absent +
Woodsia scopulina subsp. scopulina +
Woodsia scopulina +
subspecies +
bulbous +
arranged +
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free +
forked +
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