Dryopteris celsa

Classification	Pteridophytes
Family	Dryopteridaceae
Family (Traditional)	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Dryopteris
Species:	Dryopteris celsa (W. Palmer) Knowlt., Palmer & Pollard
Common Name	Log Fern
Growth Habit	fern
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Dissection: 1.5; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: fern-like; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: crenate; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 20+; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: round sori; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	10
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (TN), Blount (TN), Coffee (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Jefferson (TN), Lewis (TN), Lincoln (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Putnam (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN), Wayne (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: EKY, ETSU, HTTU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1967 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0210016	Coffee	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010428	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010427	Lincoln	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010424	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
UCHT001222	Wayne	Tennessee	29 Aug 1989	R. Kral 77032	UCHT Dryopteris celsa
UCHT035836	Anderson	Tennessee			UCHT Dryopteris celsa
ETSU000355	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010438	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010416	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
UCHT001220	Hickman	Tennessee	06 Jun 1987	R. Kral 73996	UCHT Dryopteris celsa
UCHT041926	Lewis	Tennessee			UCHT Dryopteris celsa
UCHT041927	Lewis	Tennessee			UCHT Dryopteris celsa
BRIT189679	Coffee	Tennessee	22 May 2001	Dwayne Estes 02269	VDB Dryopteris celsa
ETSU032413	Monroe	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010437	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010415	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010421	Jackson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010419	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010432	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010436	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010430	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010413	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010433	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010423	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
UCHT001221	Wayne	Tennessee	29 Aug 1989	R. Kral 77032	UCHT Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010422	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010429	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010417	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010440	White	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
ETSU032412	Monroe	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010434	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010426	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010414	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010439	Weakley	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010420	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010418	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
HTTU031463	Marion	Tennessee			HTTU Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010431	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
UOS08495	Franklin	Tennessee	18 Oct 2009	Jon Evans	UOS Dryopteris celsa
31234100013596	Anderson	Tennessee	01 Oct 1967	A. M. Evans 2117	EKY Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010435	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010412	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010425	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa
TENN-V-0010411	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris celsa

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Dryopteris celsa

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