BC Flora
Dryopteris assimilis
| Name |
| Dryopteris assimilis |
| Common Name |
| spiny shield fern |
| Vascular Plants of BC ID Number |
| 294 |
| Biogeoclimatic Regions |
| Boreal white and black spruce |
| Coastal Douglas fir |
| Coastal western hemlock |
| Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir |
| Interior western hemlock |
| Mountain hemlock |
| Status in the Flora of BC |
| Native |
| Duration |
| Perennial Withering |
| Habit |
| Sex |
| Homosporous |
| Months of Spore Release |
| | |
| Sporangia |
| Sporangia in sori on an undifferentiated frond |
| Sporangia Colour |
| Base Chromosome Number |
| 41 |
| Chromosome Status in BC |
| Diploidy only |
| Chromosome Somatic Number in BC |
| ca. 82 |
| Poison Status in BC |
| Other species of genus poisonous |
| Economic Status in BC |
| Ornamental |
| Ornamental Value in BC |
| Habit |
| Foliage or stem |
| Endangered Status in BC |
| Not endangered as of 1976. Try a search on BC Species Explorer for "Dryopteris assimilis" for updated information - note that this search will not currently work when discrepancies in nomenclature occur. |
| References |
| (Not yet available) |
| Links |
| Search NatureServe Explorer for "Dryopteris assimilis" |
| Search Google images for "Dryopteris assimilis" |
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