Athyrium americanum
Appearance
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Athyrium americanum | |
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On the slopes of Naches Peak, Washington state | |
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Close-up of frond | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Athyriaceae |
Genus: | Athyrium |
Species: | A. americanum
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Binomial name | |
Athyrium americanum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
List
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Athyrium americanum, the American alpine lady fern, is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae.[2] It is native to the Russian Far East, subarctic North America, and the west to west-central United States.[1] It occurs at higher altitudes and latitudes than Athyrium filix-femina, the common lady fern.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Athyrium americanum (Butters) Maxon". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b Mason, Herbert Louis (January 1957). A Flora of the Marshes of California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780520014336.
Categories:
- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Athyrium
- Flora of Sakhalin
- Flora of the Kuril Islands
- Flora of Magadan Oblast
- Flora of Kamchatka Krai
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of Yukon
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of Alberta
- Flora of Quebec
- Flora of Labrador
- Flora of Newfoundland
- Flora of Greenland
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Plants described in 1919
- Polypodiales stubs