Thelypteris puberula

Thelypteris puberula
Thelypteris puberula' var. sonorensis
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Blechnales
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Genus: Thelypteris
Species: T. puberula
Binomial name
Thelypteris puberula
(Baker) Morton

Thelypteris puberula is a species of fern known by the common name showy maiden fern'. The variety Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis is known by the common name Sonoran maiden fern.[1]

It is native to southwestern North America and Central America, from the foothills and deserts of California and Arizona south through Mexico to Costa Rica.[1] It grows in canyons, streambanks, and seeps in several types of habitat. It is found at 50–550 metres (160–1,800 ft) in elevation.[1]

Description

Thelypteris puberula produces a number of regularly shaped, equally spaced green leaves with many long, flat, lance-shaped leaflets. One leaf may exceed 1.5 meters in length, and the thick leaflets may be over 20 centimeters long. The undersides of the leaflets are hairy, especially on the indusia covering the spore-bearing sori.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jepson . accessed 12.1.2011

External links

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