Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grev.
leathery polypody
Polypodiaceae (Polypody family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
leathery polypody
Polypodiaceae (Polypody family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Evergreen perennial arising from a thick, smooth, naked, white rhizome.
Leaves:
Oblong or triangular, 5-60 cm long, 2-15 cm wide, leathery, irregularly pinnately cleft with wide sinuses; leaf margins entire or sparsely finely toothed.
Notes:
In the Barkley Sound area this species hybridizes with P. glycyrrhiza.
Illustration
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
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Polypodium scouleri
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 |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
353 | 2 | 1814 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
26 | 0 | 150 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
174 | 56 | 352 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
22 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(17), ESSF(3), SBS(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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