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Dryopteris cinnamomea C.Chr.

Cinnamon woodfern (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteridoideae > Dryopteris

Characteristics

Leaves monomorphic, green through winter, 22--50 × 6--12 cm. Petiole 1/4 length of leaf, scaly at least at base; scales scattered, cinnamon-colored. Blade light green, deltate-ovate, 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, herbaceous, not or sparsely glandular. Pinnae in plane of blade, narrowly deltate-lanceolate to deltate-oblong, narrowed to elongate, serrate tip; basal pinnae deltate-oblong, somewhat reduced, basal pinnules shorter than adjacent pinnules, basal basiscopic pinnule longer than basal acroscopic pinnule; pinnule margins serrate. Sori near sinus. Indusia lacking glands.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.22 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Dryopteris cinnamomea world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:84630-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109077
COL ID 37W5H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aspidium sphaerocarpum Nephrodium agatholepis Lastrea inquinans Phegopteris glanduligera Lophodium glanduliferum Nephrodium glanduliferum Nephrodium indecorum Aspidium mexicanum Tectaria cinnamomea Aspidium athyrioides Dryopteris athyrioides Polypodium glanduliferum Dryopteris glandulifera Lastrea indecora Dryopteris indecora Nephrodium mexicanum Dryopteris mexicana Dryopteris rosea Aspidium roseum Phegopteris glandulifera Dryopteris cinnamomea Nephrodium fournieri Dryopteris fournieri Lastrea mexicana Aspidium indecorum Aspidium inquinans Polystichum cystopteroides Nephrodium sphaerocarpum Athyrium sphaerocarpon Lastrea athyrioides Aspidium agatolepis Lastrea agatholepis Aspidium mexicanum var. obtusilobum Aspidium mexicanum var. acutilobum
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