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§1 Plant
Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray
vernacular crested woodfern — 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 469 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 15–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 3.5–6.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Brown
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 469 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Harrison 39067
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Miami 39109
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Columbia 55021
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Green 55045
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DRCR4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5275110 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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