Dryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A. Gray

Evergreen Wood Fern

Synonyms: Aspidium intermedium, Dryopteris austriaca var. intermedia, Dryopteris spinulosa var. intermedia

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Fern Clade

Sublevel 2: Fern

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Family: Dryopteridaceae

Genus: Dryopteris

Species: Dryopteris intermedia

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: One type of spore, bisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FAC

PHOTOS OF Dryopteris intermedia