E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Polystichum kruckebergii W.H. Wagner
Kruckeberg's hollyfern
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Evergreen perennial arising from a short, stout rhizome.

Leaves:
Lanceolate, 10-40 cm long, 3-7 cm wide, 1-pinnate, with short stipes; pinnae oblong, deeply cut, with ascending teeth, pinnae twisted out of plane of blade.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecological Framework for Polystichum kruckebergii

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information	Value / Class
Site Information	Avg	Min	Max
Elevation (metres)	1497	1023	2200
Slope Gradient (%)	68	25	95
Aspect (degrees) [0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]	310	0	325
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric]	4	4	4
Modal Nutrient Regime Class	F
# of field plots species was recorded in:	4
Modal BEC Zone Class	SWB
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in	ESSF(1), MS(1), SWB(2)
Source: Klinkenberg 2013

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	S3S4	Yellow	Not Listed

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer.

Photograph click to collapse contents

Map click to expand contents

Species Information click to expand contents

Illustration click to expand contents

Ecology click to expand contents

Habitat and Range click to expand contents

Status Information click to expand contents

loading