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Dryopteris goldiana
(Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray
Goldie's Wood Fern
Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteris goldiana is a species of fern in the family Dryopteridaceae. It is native to the northeastern United States and the southeastern Canada, and is often cultivated.
Description
Dryopteris goldiana is deciduous, with leaves dying back in winter. Leaves are pinnate-pinnatifid (bipinnate at the base) and ovate. Leaves are 30 to 120 cm long and 15 to 40 cm wide, on a stipe that is a third the length of the entire leaf. The stipe is covered with dark scales at the base. The leaf is green, often mottled white at the tip, and the tip of the leaf is abruptly pointed. Leaflets are ovate to lanceolate. Leaflets are broadest above the base. Basal leaflets are broadly oblong to lanceolate, slightly reduced. Leaflets are lobed, scalloped, or finely toothed. Sori are borne closer to the midvein than the margin (FNAEC 1993).
Dryopteris goldiana hybridizes with five species; hybrids tend to have glossy dark scales, and relatively large blades. It can even form natural (if sterile) hybrids with Polystichum lonchitis, a species from another genus. The hybrid of the two of these is named ×Dryostichum singulare, and has been found in Ontario (FNAEC 1993).
Dryopteris goldiana hybridizes with five species; hybrids tend to have glossy dark scales, and relatively large blades. It can even form natural (if sterile) hybrids with Polystichum lonchitis, a species from another genus. The hybrid of the two of these is named ×Dryostichum singulare, and has been found in Ontario (FNAEC 1993).
Uses
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Dryopteris goldiana is used as an ornamental. It prefers moist, humusy soils in part to full shade, and grows in USDA zones 3 to 7 (MBG).
Distribution
Dryopteris goldiana is found in dense, moist woods, ravines, and swamp edges, at altitudes of 50 to 1500 m. It is native from New Brunswick west to Minnesota, southeast to northern Alabama, and northeast to New England (FNAEC 1993; Kartesz 2015).
Status
References
FNAEC (Flora of North America Editorial Committee), editor. 1993. Flora of North America, north of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kartesz, J. T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].
MBG (Missouri Botanical Garden), Dryopteris goldiana. Plant Finder. [accessed 2019 Jun 12]. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=258474&isprofile=0&
Kartesz, J. T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].
MBG (Missouri Botanical Garden), Dryopteris goldiana. Plant Finder. [accessed 2019 Jun 12]. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=258474&isprofile=0&
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