Dryopteris goldieana (Goldie’s wood fern)

Dryopteris goldieana (Hook. ex Goldie) A. Gray

Goldie’s wood fern

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Pteridophyta	Ferns
Class	Filicopsida	“Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns
Order	Polypodiales	Polypod ferns
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Wood ferns (about 70% of the ferns)
Genus	Dryopteris	From Greek dryas, “oak,” and pteris, “fern,” in reference to the presence of some species of wood ferns in woodland areas populated with oaks
Species	goldieana

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Goldie’s wood fern is native to North America.

Identification: This fern has large, arching, bright green fronds, 14-47" (35-119 cm) long, 6-16" (15-40 cm) wide. Each blade is roughly oval in shape, tapering quickly to a sharp, often pale green tip. Stems have long, pointed, dark brown to black scales, a distinguishing feature. The sori (dot-like reproductive structures on the leaf undersides) are spaced evenly and near the midvein.

Online References:

Dryopteris goldieana at Illinois Wildflowers

Dryopteris goldieana on the Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site

Dryopteris goldieana at Maine.gov’s Department of Conservation Maine Natural Areas Program

Dryopteris goldieana on the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program

Dryopteris goldieana at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Cofrin Center for Biodiversity

Dryopteris goldieana at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Dryopteris goldieana on

Dryopteris goldieana at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service

References:

Cobb, Boughton, Farnsworth, Elizabeth & Lowe, Cheryl, Peterson Field Guides: A Field Guide to Ferns and Their Related Families of Northwestern and Central North America, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005, p. 142

Dryopteris goldiana

Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A. Gray orth. var.

Dryopteris goldieana description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 24 × 16" (62 × 41 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 24 × 16" (62 × 41 cm)

5/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 36 × 31" (90 × 78 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 24 × 16" (62 × 41 cm)

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