Question: While doing a botanical survey on private land in Reading, Windsor CO., VT I came across this Dryopteris individual. GoBotany …
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While doing a botanical survey on private land in Reading, Windsor CO., VT I came across this Dryopteris individual. GoBotany and Flora Novae Angliae keys brought me to D. filix-mas. To me it appears to be a potential or close match. Looking to get a second opinion from someone who might be more familiar with this species than me. Habitat was dry mesic - mesic northern hardwoods.
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Dear gfessler, good afternoon. The plants do look like Dryopteris filix-mas. Characters that I look to are the dimorphic scales (broad ones and very narrow ones, without much inbetween) and the short petioles with relatively many pairs of leaflets on the blade. Your plants do seem like a good fit. Best wishes.
