Common Fern
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman
Gymnocarpium dryopteris is a deciduous fern in the Cystopteridaceae family, native to North America, Greenland, and Eurasia. It reproduces via spores and has a life cycle with alternating sporophyte and gametophyte phases. The species was published in 1851 and is known by common names such as western oakfern and northern oak fern.
Description
Gymnocarpium dryopteris is distributed across Canada, the United States, Greenland, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and much of Europe. It is a seedless, vascular plant that is part of the fern group. The species has been subject to taxonomic discussion, with typification efforts considered insufficiently precise by some researchers. Common names include Common Fern, western oakfern, and oak fern.
Other common names
Common Oak FernNorthern Oak FernOak FernWestern Oak FernWestern OakfernCommon Fern
Distribution
Greenland · Labrador · Newfoundland · Alberta · British Columbia · Manitoba · New Brunswick · Nova Scotia · Northwest Territories · Nunavut · Ontario · Prince Edward Island · Quebec · Saskatchewan · Yukon · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Flanders · SE · Vermont-US · IS · NO · DK · GL · Belgium · Flemish Region · Walloon Region · Alaska · Albania · Altay · Amur
Synonyms
Polystichum cristataPolypodium conjunctumPhegopteris triangularisGymnocarpium dryopteris subsp. dryopterisPhegopteris dryopterisDryopteris linnaeanaThelypteris dryopterisPolypodium dryopterisPolystichum dryopterisNephrodium dryopterisLastrea dryopterisAspidium dryopterisDryopteris dryopterisCurrania dryopterisCarpogymnia dryopterisGymnocarpium dryopteris var. dryopterisDryopteris pumilaDryopteris pulchellaFilix pumilaPolypodium pulchellumPolypodium dryopteris var. glandulosumPhegopteris dryopteris f. interruptaPhegopteris dryopteris var. minorPolypodium dryopteris var. genuinumPolypodium dryopteris var. rigidiusPolypodium dryopteris var. glabrumPolypodium triangulareGymnocarpium dryopterisPhegopteris dryopteris