Index / Search / Dryopteris celsa
§1 Plant
Dryopteris celsa (Wm. Palmer) Knowlt., Palmer & Pollard ex Small
vernacular log fern — species · Dryopteridaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae Herter
- Genus
- Dryopteris
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 94 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 94 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Cumberland 51049
- Essex 51057
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Middlesex 51119
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DRCE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5275087 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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