Other common names:
Glade Fern, Narrow-leaved Spleenwort Other scientific names: Diplazium pycnocarpon, Asplenium angustifolium, Asplenium pycnocarpon, Athyrium pycnocarpon French names:
Diplazie à sores denses Family: Wood Fern Family (Dryopteridaceae) Leaves: Once divided Height:
1 m (2-4 ft) Habitat: Forests Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Not very common, but not rare.
For more information visit: Ontario Ferns Photographs:
171 photographs available, of which 12 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
A typical frond.
This is a sterile frond. The sori are borne on separate fertile fronds.
A final view of a sterile frond.
A fertile frond.
Another fertile frond. Notice that the leaflets are narrower than on the sterile frond.
The sori (where the spores are located) on the underside of a fertile frond.
Closeup of the sori.
Final view of a fertile frond (underside).
The two kinds of leaflets compared. The larger one is from a sterile frond, the smaller from a fertile frond.
This photo shows the upper side.
The under side of the two kinds of leaflets.
A patch of Narrow-leaved Glade Fern.
Another nice patch.These ferns grow to about 3-4 feet tall.
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website
and is displayed here in accordance with their
Policies)
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