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Dryopteridaceae  ¦  Cystopteris  ¦  Cystopteris fragilis  ¦  05712

Label

Accession No. 05712 
Family Dryopteridaceae 
Species Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.
Common name "brittle bladderfern"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (846)  25 July 2001
Geography United States,  Kentucky, Jefferson County
Locality S of Ohio river, S side of River Road and Indian Hills. 
Ecology cool moist shady understory, wet meadow. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.
     Cystopteris dickieana Sim
     Cystopteris fragilis var. angustata Lawson
     Cystopteris fragilis ssp. dickieana (Sim) Hyl.
     Cystopteris fragilis var. woodsioides Christ
     Filix fragilis (L.) Underwood

Common Name(s): brittle bladder fern, brittle bladderfern, fragile fern.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=17482, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Pteridophyta
                    Class: Filicopsida
                        Order: Polypodiales
                            Family: Dryopteridaceae
                                Genus: Cystopteris
                                    Species: Cystopteris fragilis
                                                                                    

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
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Links

Taxon Links for species Cystopteris fragilis  (L.) Bernh.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Cystopteris+fragilis

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