- Dryopteris goldiana
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Dryopteris goldiana Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Dryopteridaceae Genus: Dryopteris Species: D. goldiana Dryopteris goldiana or Goldie's wood fern is a fern native to the Northeastern United States and adjacent areas of Canada.[1]
It can grow larger than any other native North American Dryopteris species. Specimens are known with fronds six feet (1.8 meters) tall.
It is one of the parents of the hybrids Dryopteris celsa and Dryopteris clintoniana.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Dryopteris goldiana". Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200004431.
External links
Categories:- Dryopteris
- Fern species
- Ferns of the United States
- Flora of the Northeastern United States
- Flora of Canada
- Flora of Ohio
- Fern stubs
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