Dryopteris ludoviciana

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Family:DRYOPTERIDACEAE
Species:Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
Common Name:Florida Wood Fern; Southern Wood Fern; Louisiana Wood Fern
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Southern Wood Fern is an evergreen native perennial fern in the Wood Fern family (Dryopteridaceae). It occurs in the southeastern portion of Alabama. Southern Wood Fern grows in bald cypress swamps, around lime sinks and caves, and along small to medium streams. It is a perennial from a creeping rhizome. The leaves (fronds) are dimorphic (of two shapes). The fertile and sterile fronds differ in size and shape. The fertile fronds are more upright while the sterile ones tend to recline. The fertile ones can be up to three feet in length while the sterile ones are about half that size. The pinnae (divisions of the leaf) are narrower in the fertile fronds than in the sterile ones, and the overall outline of the fertile frond is narrower. The lower portion of the rachis (stalk of the leaf) is covered in papery scales. These scales are light brown in color. The related Log Fern (Dryopteris celsa (W. Palmer) Knowlton) occurs within the range of Southern Wood Fern. It differs in having scales on the rachis that are darker in color, the sterile and fertile leaves are not dimorphic, and it usually grows on drier sites. The hybrid between Southern Wood Fern and Log Fern is the sterile Dixie Wood Fern (Dryopteris ×australis (Wherry) Small). It is a very vigorous plant that can be identified by the aborted and malformed spores it produces. Southern Wood Fern is one of the parents of Log Fern (Dryopteris celsa (W. Palmer) Knowlton) and Crested Wood Fern (Dryopteris cristata (Linnaeus) A. Gray). Southern Wood Fern is available from some native plant nurseries. It requires moist organic soils. It does well in dense shade where few other plants will grow. --A. Diamond
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Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyDRYOPTERIDACEAE - Wood Fern family
Genus Dryopteris
Species Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small - Florida Wood Fern; Southern Wood Fern; Louisiana Wood Fern

Citation

Citation Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small, Ferns S.E. States 281. 1938.
Basionym: Aspidium ludovicianum Kunze 1848.
Type: USA: LOUISIANA:

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Aspidium cristatum var. floridanum Aspidium cristatum (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. floridanum (Hooker) D. C. Eaton ex Mann, Cat. Phaen. Pl. U.S. 55. 1868.Nephrodium floridanum Hooker 1859. 
Aspidium floridanum Aspidium floridanum (Hooker) D. C. Eaton, in Chapman, Fl. South. U.S. 595. 1860.Nephrodium floridanum Hooker 1859. 
Aspidium ludovicianum Aspidium ludovicianum Kunze, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 56: 84. 1848. LOUISIANA
Filix floridana Filix floridana (Hooker) Farwell, Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 18: 81. 1916.Nephrodium floridanum Hooker 1859. 
Lastrea floridana Lastrea floridana (Hooker) J. Smith, Ferns Brit. For., ed. 2. 306. 1877.Nephrodium floridanum Hooker 1859. 
Lastrea petiolata Lastrea petiolata Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 617. 1853.  
Nephrodium floridanum Nephrodium floridanum Hooker, Fil. Exot. pl. 99. 1859. FLORIDA: "East Florida", without data, 1843, Buckley s.n. (holotype: K).
Dryopteris floridana Dryopteris floridana (Hooker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 812. 1891.Nephrodium floridanum Hooker 1859. 
Filix-mas cristata var. floridana Filix-mas cristata (Linnaeus) Farwell, var. floridana (Hooker) Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 254. 1931.Nephrodium floridanum Hooker 1859. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Henry, Houston, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1992 - 1993

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU107261 Houston 23 Oct 1976 Kral, Robert
59440		 JSU
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_51853 Conecuh 16 Jan 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7206		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000015835 Pike 12 Nov 2008 Woods, Michael
10997		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_55970 Conecuh 5 Nov 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
10090		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_51120 Crenshaw 25 Nov 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
7189		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
ALNHS00008212 Butler 01 Mar 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5961		 ALNHS
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UWAL0001216 Pike 12 Nov 2008 Woods, Michael
10997		 UWAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
ALNHS00002161 Houston 18 Jun 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1059		 ALNHS
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_50621 Houston 12 Jan 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
7873		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UWAL0005370 Houston 01 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22021		 UWAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_45113 Conecuh 7 Mar 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3025		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
ALNHS00002640 Butler 9 May 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1346		 ALNHS
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AMAL00006371 Barbour 26 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16939		 AMAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
ALNHS00008057 Houston 22 Mar 2021 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5947		 ALNHS
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UNA00052716 Conecuh 06 Sep 1949 Crawford, Lloyd C.
s.n.		 UNA
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_44881 Conecuh 16 Dec 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2969		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UNA00058994 Butler 11 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13299		 UNA
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AMAL00004331 Houston 18 Jun 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1059		 AMAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000000152 Butler 11 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13299		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AMAL00016946 Pike 12 Nov 2008 Woods, Michael
10997		 AMAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000000155 Houston 20 Jun 1978 Kral, Robert
62102		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UNA00048585 Houston 26 Jan 1993 MacDonald, John R.
5841		 UNA
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UNA00053205 Crenshaw 26 Aug 1954 White, Jesse S.
s.n.		 UNA
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_51913 Houston 12 Jun 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8665		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UWAL0003111 Covington 01 Oct 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22621		 UWAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_51783 Crenshaw 8 Mar 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6699		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000033640 Barbour 01 Oct 2011 Morrison, Derek
130		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_51865 Conecuh 1 Jan 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7201		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_52996 Houston 20 Jan 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7211		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000032060 Conecuh 05 Mar 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21764		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_53209 Barbour 13 Feb 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
7885		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UWAL0002785 Conecuh 05 Mar 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21674		 UWAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_57549 Houston 13 Dec 1994 Macdonald, John R.
5774		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AMAL00005363 Conecuh 11 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13298		 AMAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000033632 Barbour 24 Sep 2011 Morrison, Derek
116		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
ALNHS00000637 Houston 18 Oct 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#345		 ALNHS
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_52962 Houston 20 Jan 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7212		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000030967 Conecuh 12 May 1977 Short, John W. (Jack)
904		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_51854 Crenshaw 16 Jan 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7205		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UNA00053206 Houston 05 Apr 1953 O'Kelley, Joseph C.
s.n.		 UNA
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AMAL00012358 Houston 18 Oct 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
SP345		 AMAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000000151 Barbour 26 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16939		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_43467 Conecuh 25 May 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
766		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UNA00046130 Houston 28 Nov 1993 MacDonald, John R.
6930		 UNA
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_50708 Dale 3 Jul 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6996		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
ALNHS00005107 Conecuh 16 NOV 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2851		 ALNHS
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AMAL00007616 Houston 20 Jun 1978 Kral, Robert
62102		 AMAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_31799 Conecuh 12 May 1977 Short, John W.
904		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_52420 Butler 6 Feb 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9010		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_48752 Henry 28 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5325		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000000153 Coffee 04 Mar 2000 Martin, Brian H.
469		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UWAL0034590 Conecuh 03 Oct 1994 Kral, Robert
84225		 UWAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000032558 Houston 01 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22021		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_51161 Crenshaw 24 Jan 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8523		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AUA_ACC_44880 Conecuh 15 Dec 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2963		 AUA
Dryopteris Ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UNA00058995 Conecuh 11 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13298		 UNA
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000000154 Conecuh 11 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13298		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
AMAL00005362 Butler 11 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13299		 AMAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
TROY000033857 Covington 01 Oct 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22621		 TROY
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UNA00048595 Houston 13 Dec 1992 MacDonald, John R.
5774		 UNA
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
UWAL0030629 Covington 15 Oct 1996 Kral, Robert
86922		 UWAL
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
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