PLANTS Profile for Gymnocarpium appalachianum (Appalachian oakfern)

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Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer
Appalachian oakfern

Symbol:

GYAP

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer

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Distribution:
Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer


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USA (MD, NC, OH, PA, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 9 species in Gymnocarpium

Classification:
Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Gymnocarpium Newman – oakfern
Species	Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer – Appalachian oakfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer

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.

North Carolina:
Appalachian oak fern		Endangered
Ohio:
Appalachian oak fern		Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
Appalachian oak fern		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502847.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 09:33 AM CDT