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Cystopteris Tenuis
''Cystopteris tenuis'' is sometimes known as Mackay's bladder fern or Mackay's fragile fern. It was long considered to be a part of the superspecies for fragile ferns, as ''Cystopteris fragilis'' ( L.) Bernh. var. ''mackayi'' Lawson. left, ''C. tenuis'' in native habitat This species is an allotetraploid of hybrid origin (see Cystopteris hybrid complex). The parent diploid species are ''Cystopteris protrusa'' and the hypothesized ''Cystopteris hemifragilis'', believed to be an extinct species. ''C. tenuis'' is known to hybridize with '' C. bulbifera'' to produce the hybrid ''C. Xillinoensis'', with '' C. tennesseensis'' top produce the hybrid ''C. Xwagneri'', and with '' C. fragilis'' and '' C. protrusa'' to produce unnamed hybrids (as per Flora of North America). Mackay's fragile fern grows on rock or in scree, generally in sheltered spots, in the northeastern United States. It may be distinguished from the somewhat similar ''Cystopteris tennesseensis ''Cystopteris'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cystopteris Tennesseensis
''Cystopteris'' is a genus of ferns in the family Cystopteridaceae. These are known generally as bladderferns or fragile ferns. They grow in temperate areas worldwide. This is a very diverse genus and within a species individuals can look quite different, especially in harsh environments where stress stunts their growth. They hybridize easily with each other and identifying an individual can be challenging. In general these are rhizomatous perennials which grow in rocks or soil. Their leaves are multiply pinnate, in that each leaflet is divided into smaller parts. The sori are usually rounded and covered in an inflated bladder-like indusium. Species Species include: *''Cystopteris alpina'' *''Cystopteris bulbifera'' - bulblet fern *'' Cystopteris chinensis'' (Ching) R.Wei & X.C.Zhang (syn. ''Cystoathyrium chinense'' Ching) *'' Cystopteris diaphana'' *'' Cystopteris dickieana'' - Dickie's bladderfern *'' Cystopteris douglasii'' - Douglas' bladderfern *''Cystopteris fragilis'' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of The Northeastern United States
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of The Great Lakes Region (North America)
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferns Of The United States
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except the lycopods, and differ from mosses and other bryophytes by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissues that conduct water and nutrients and in having life cycles in which the branched sporophyte is the dominant phase. Ferns have complex leaves called megaphylls, that are more complex than the microphylls of clubmosses. Most ferns are leptosporangiate ferns. They produce coiled fiddleheads that uncoil and expand into fronds. The group includes about 10,560 known extant species. Ferns are defined here in the broad sense, being all of the Polypodiopsida, comprising both the leptosporangiate (Polypodiidae) and eusporangiate ferns, the latter group including horsetails, whisk ferns, marattioid ferns, and ophioglossoid ferns. Ferns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cystopteris
''Cystopteris'' is a genus of ferns in the family Cystopteridaceae. These are known generally as bladderferns or fragile ferns. They grow in temperate areas worldwide. This is a very diverse genus and within a species individuals can look quite different, especially in harsh environments where stress stunts their growth. They hybridize easily with each other and identifying an individual can be challenging. In general these are rhizomatous perennials which grow in rocks or soil. Their leaves are multiply pinnate, in that each leaflet is divided into smaller parts. The sori are usually rounded and covered in an inflated bladder-like indusium. Species Species include: *''Cystopteris alpina'' *''Cystopteris bulbifera'' - bulblet fern *'' Cystopteris chinensis'' (Ching) R.Wei & X.C.Zhang (syn. ''Cystoathyrium chinense'' Ching) *'' Cystopteris diaphana'' *'' Cystopteris dickieana'' - Dickie's bladderfern *'' Cystopteris douglasii'' - Douglas' bladderfern *''Cystopteris fragilis'' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cystopteris Fragilis
''Cystopteris fragilis'' is a species of fern known by the common names brittle bladder-fern and common fragile fern. It can be found worldwide, generally in shady, moist areas. The leaves are up to 30 or 40 centimeters long and are borne on fleshy Petiole (botany), petioles with few or no long hairs. Each leaf is divided into many pairs of leaflets, each of which is subdivided into lobed segments. The underside of the leaf has many rounded sorus, sori containing the sporangium, sporangia. References External linksJepson Manual Treatment: ''Cystopteris fragilis'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cystopteris Bulbifera
''Cystopteris bulbifera'', with the common name bulblet fern, bulblet bladderfern, or bulblet fragile fern is a fern in the family Cystopteridaceae. Distribution The fern is native to eastern Canada, the Midwestern and Eastern United States, and two disjunct populations in the Southwestern United States. It is found only on calcareous substrates such as limestone. It commonly festoons limestone cave openings. While most commonly found on vertical rock faces, it also grows in rocky scree. Description ''Cystopteris bulbifera'' is a low-growing rock fern with creeping stems and narrow elongate deltate fronds which grow to 75 cm (30 in). ''C. bulbifera'' is unusual among ferns in producing bulblets along the bottom of the fronds. This is one of the easiest ''Cystopteris'' species to identify. Hybrids This species is known to hybridize with ''Cystopteris fragilis'', ''Cystopteris protrusa'', ''Cystopteris reevesiana'', and ''Cystopteris tenuis''. Hybrids with ''C. fragil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cystopteris Protrusa
''Cystopteris protrusa'' is a common fern of North America, commonly known as the lowland bladderfern, lowland brittle fern or lowland fragile fern. The plant is native to eastern Canada, and the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Throughout much of its range it is the most common ''Cystopteris'' fern species. Description Unlike most species of the genus ''Cystopteris'', this fern is exclusively terrestrial, often forming large, dense colonies. It is also largely a spring ephemeral. Some fronds may remain by late summer, but most have disappeared. The specific name, protrusa, refers to the fact that the rhizome protrudes a short distance beyond the current year's fronds to form the following year's leaf buds. This protrusion is a positive diagnostic in the field. Sori are round and covered in a bladder-like indusium. Taxonomy ''Cystopteris protrusa'' was originally considered only a variety of ''Cystopteris fragilis''. However, it is now known that this is a diploid s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cystopteris Hybrid Complex
''Cystopteris'' is a genus of ferns in the family Cystopteridaceae. These are known generally as bladderferns or fragile ferns. They grow in temperate areas worldwide. This is a very diverse genus and within a species individuals can look quite different, especially in harsh environments where stress stunts their growth. They hybridize easily with each other and identifying an individual can be challenging. In general these are rhizome, rhizomatous perennials which grow in rocks or soil. Their leaves are multiply pinnate, in that each leaflet is divided into smaller parts. The sorus, sori are usually rounded and covered in an inflated bladder-like indusium. Species Species include: *''Cystopteris alpina'' *''Cystopteris bulbifera'' - bulblet fern *''Cystopteris chinensis'' (Ching) R.Wei & X.C.Zhang (syn. ''Cystoathyrium chinense'' Ching) *''Cystopteris diaphana'' *''Cystopteris dickieana'' - Dickie's bladderfern *''Cystopteris douglasii'' - Douglas' bladderfern *''Cystopteris fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
