Athyrium distentifolium Tausch ex Opiz
alpine lady fern
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
alpine lady fern
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Deciduous perennial arising from a short, stout rhizome.
Leaves:
Numerous, upright, narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, 20-70 cm long, 5-25 cm wide, 3-pinnate, ultimate segments oblong, minutely round-toothed.
Notes:
Fuchs (1974) showed that the name, Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Ryland is a later homonym of A. alpestre Clairv. and must be rejected.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Athyrium distentifolium
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)
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 |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1515 | 46 | 2289 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
39 | 2 | 85 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
164 | 8 | 290 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
A | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
14 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), CMA(1), CWH(2), ESSF(7), ICH(3) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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