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§1 Plant

Thelypteris noveboracensis (L.) Nieuwl.

vernacular New York fern — species · Thelypteridaceae

USDA
THNO
GBIF
11588763 syn.
Rank
species
New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
Platephotograph · ulsterbotanyCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Fern
Family
Thelypteridaceae Ching ex Pic. Serm.
Genus
Thelypteris
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 738 counties across 27 states/territories
Legend Native · 738 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
30–60 in/yr
pH range
4–7
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
1.5 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Yellow-Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
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
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,325,000
Propagation
seed, container, bulb
§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 738 counties across 27 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 38 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 58 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 60 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 50 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 49 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 36 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/THNO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/11588763 ↗

Record version

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