Habitat ³

Moist riparian mixed forests and hotsprings.

Distribution ³

Yukon: Southeastern Yukon; known only from LaBiche and Beaver rivers
North America: Yukon to Newfoundland throughout the boreal zone, Alaska, northeastern United States
World: Circumboreal

Distinguishing Features ³

The spores are not produced on the back of the leaves, but on a separate frond, only the tiny rockbrake ferns, Cryptogramma spp. share this feature.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Kari Pihlaviita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42267636@N08/5939311703
2. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/photos/ostrich_fern4.jpg
3. (c) L.G. Johanson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist.ca taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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