PLANTS Profile for Cystopteris protrusa (lowland bladderfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell
lowland bladderfern

Symbol:

CYPR4

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell

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Synonyms:
Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell

CYFRP2

Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. protrusa Weath.

Distribution:
Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 12 species in Cystopteris

Classification:
Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Cystopteris Bernh. – bladderfern
Species	Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell – lowland bladderfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
lowland fragile fern		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17485.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 12:05 AM CDT