Scientific or common name:

Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.

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DRYOPTERIDACEAE - Wood Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Upland brittle bladderfern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. mackayi G. Lawson

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. 2) Cystopteris dickieana Sim 3) Cystopteris douglasii Hook. 4) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. 5) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. ssp. dickieana (Sim) Hyl. 6) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. angustata G. Lawson 7) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. huteri (Hausman) Luerss. 8) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. laurentiana Weath. 9) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. mackayi G. Lawson 10) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. protrusa Weath. 11) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. simulans (Weath.) McGregor 12) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. tennesseensis (Shaver) McGregor 13) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. tenuifolia (Clute) Broun 14) Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. woodsioides Christ 15) Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell 16) Cystopteris montana (Lam.) Bernh. ex Desv. 17) Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell 18) Cystopteris reevesiana Lellinger 19) Cystopteris tennesseensis Shaver 20) Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv. 21) Cystopteris utahensis Windham & Haufler 22) Cystopteris x illinoensis R.C. Moran 23) Cystopteris x wagneri R.C. Moran

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)


Map for Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Filicopsida 2) Polypodiopsida

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Families
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1) Anemiaceae (Flowering Fern family) 2) Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family) 3) Blechnaceae (Chain Fern family) 4) Cyatheaceae (Tree Fern family) 5) Davalliaceae (Hanging Fern family) 6) Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern family) 7) Dicksoniaceae (Tree Fern family) 8) Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family) 9) Gleicheniaceae (Forking Fern family) 10) Grammitidaceae (Kihi Fern family) 11) Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy Fern family) 12) Lophosoriaceae (Diamond-leaf Fern family) 13) Lygodiaceae (Climbing Fern family) 14) Marattiaceae (Vessel Fern family) 15) Marsileaceae (Water-clover family) 16) Ophioglossaceae 17) Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family) 18) Parkeriaceae (Water Fern family) 19) Polypodiaceae (Polypody family) 20) Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family) 21) Salviniaceae (Floating Fern family) 22) Schizaeaceae (Curly-grass family) 23) Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern family) 24) Vittariaceae (Shoestring Fern family)

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Genera (Dryopteridaceae)
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1) Acrostichum (tonguefern) 2) Arachniodes (hollyfern) 3) Aspidium (swordfern) 4) Asplenium (ladyfern) 5) Athyriopsis (false spleenwort) 6) Athyrium (ladyfern) 7) Bolbitis (creepingfern) 8) Ctenitis (lacefern) 9) Cyclopeltis 10) Cyrtomium (netvein hollyfern) 11) Cystopteris (bladderfern) 12) Deparia (false spleenwort) 13) Diplazium (twinsorus fern) 14) Dryopteris (woodfern) 15) Elaphoglossum (tonguefern) 16) Fadyenia (dotted fern) 17) Filix (bladderfern) 18) Gymnocarpium (oakfern) 19) Hemidictyum 20) Heterogonium 21) Hymenodium (tonguefern) 22) Hypoderris 23) Lastreopsis (shieldfern) 24) Leptochilus (creepingfern) 25) Lomagramma 26) Lomariopsis (fringedfern) 27) Matteuccia (ostrich fern) 28) Maxonia 29) Megalastrum 30) Nephrodium (triplophyllum) 31) Nephrolepis (swordfern) 32) Nothoperanema (island lacefern) 33) Oleandra (oleander fern) 34) Olfersia (islandfern) 35) Onoclea (sensitive fern) 36) Peltapteris (tonguefern) 37) Phanerophlebia 38) Phegopteris (oakfern) 39) Polybotrya (islandfern) 40) Polystichopsis (hollyfern) 41) Polystichum (hollyfern) 42) Pteretis (ostrich fern) 43) Rumohra 44) Stenochlaena (fringedfern) 45) Tectaria (halberd fern) 46) Thelypteris (lacefern) 47) Triplophyllum 48) Woodsia (cliff fern) 49) Dryostichum

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Common names (Cystopteris)
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1) (no name) 2) Brittle bladderfern (Cystopteris fragilis) 3) Bulblet bladderfern (Cystopteris bulbifera) 4) Douglas' bladderfern (Cystopteris douglasii) 5) Lowland bladderfern (Cystopteris protrusa) 6) Mountain bladderfern (Cystopteris montana) 7) Reeves' bladderfern (Cystopteris reevesiana) 8) St. Lawrence bladderfern (Cystopteris laurentiana) 9) Tennessee bladderfern (Cystopteris tennesseensis) 10) Upland brittle bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) 11) Utah bladderfern (Cystopteris utahensis)

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4) Cytisus glaber L. f. [188]
5) Cytisus linifolius (L.) Lam. [169]
6) Cytisus multiflorus (L'Hér.) Sweet [318]
7) Cytisus ratisbonensis Schaeff. [96]
8) Cytisus supinus L. [337]
9) Dactylis glomerata L. ssp. hispanica (Roth) Nyman [1463]
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