Dryopteris campyloptera

Classification	Pteridophytes
Family	Dryopteridaceae
Family (Traditional)	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Dryopteris
Species:	Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson
Common Name	Mountain Woodfern
Growth Habit	fern
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 3; Leaf Dissection: 3.5; 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 Margins: serrate; 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	6
Status	Native; AGCP (UPL), EMP (UPL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (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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Counties - Species Present

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

Synonym	Full Citation
Nephrodium spinulosum var. concordianum	Nephrodium spinulosum var. concordianum Davenp.

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: Carter (TN), DeKalb (TN), Greene (TN), Johnson (TN), Monroe (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1934 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0010365	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010366	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010370	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010371	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010375	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010372	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010368	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010363	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010369	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010367	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010364	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010374	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010377	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010376	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0010373	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
HTTU000166		Tennessee	19 May 1973	Joe Kington	HTTU Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189711	Sevier	Tennessee	06 Jul 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 152 A	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189700	Sevier	Tennessee	21 Jul 1934	Jesse M. Shaver 171	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189691	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 163	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189712	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 151 A	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189686	Carter	Tennessee	11 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 159 A	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU032502	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
UCHT001214	Carter	Tennessee	09 Aug 2015	Zack Irick & Nicole Millsaps N/A	UCHT Dryopteris campyloptera
UCHT006065	Carter	Tennessee			UCHT Dryopteris campyloptera
UCHT001217		Tennessee	00 August 1930	Eleanor McGilliard	UCHT Dryopteris campyloptera
HTTU000164	DeKalb	Tennessee	18 Jun 1976	Kathman, Burgess, Lane, McDougal, McGee, Pudliner, Wiggins. 272	HTTU Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189687	Monroe	Tennessee	24 Jul 1976	J.W. Short 785	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189693	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 165	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189707	Sevier	Tennessee	06 Jul 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 155 A	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189698	Sevier	Tennessee	21 Jul 1934	Jesse M. Shaver 169	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189682	Carter	Tennessee	06 Aug 1979	R. Kral 64213	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189683	Carter	Tennessee	11 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 158	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189680	Carter	Tennessee	03 Jul 1979	Paul Somers 1815	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189708	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 156	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU033070	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU033062	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189695	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 156 B	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189685	Carter	Tennessee	11 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 160	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189702	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 151 B	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189692	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 164	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189706	Sevier	Tennessee	06 Jul 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 155 B	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189690	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 162	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189703	Sevier	Tennessee	06 Jul 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 152 B	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189689	Polk	Tennessee	04 Sep 1983	Thomas S. Patrick 4974	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189709	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 156A	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU032506	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU033067	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU033063	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU032505	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189694	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 166 A	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189701	Sevier	Tennessee	21 Jul 1934	Jesse M. Shaver 172	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189710	Sevier	Tennessee	02 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 157	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU033069	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
TENN-V-0244127	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189704	Sevier	Tennessee	06 Jul 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 153 A	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189697	Sevier	Tennessee	21 Jul 1934	Jesse M. Shaver 168	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189699	Sevier	Tennessee	21 Jul 1954	Jesse M. Shaver 170	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189696	Sevier	Tennessee	21 Jul 1934	Jesse M. Shaver 167	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189705	Sevier	Tennessee	06 Jul 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 153 B	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
BRIT189684	Carter	Tennessee	11 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 159 B	VDB Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU032504	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera
ETSU032503	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Dryopteris campyloptera

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