Dryopteris cristata (L.) A.Gray, 1848 47% complete

Crested buckler fern

Manual: 631 (1848)


Data sources

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Sourced8 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded17 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) A.Gray No source recorded
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Bibliography Manual: 631 (1848) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1848 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Crested buckler fern No source recorded
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Observations Europe to C. Siberia, Canada to U.S.A. No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 55 cm
  • 55 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color green Sourced
Foliage texture coarse No source recorded
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Fruit color brown Sourced
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
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Growth form Rhizomatous No source recorded
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Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Growth rate Moderate Sourced
Maximum height 70 cm
  • 70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug, sep Differs from sources
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 9 / 9 · saturated air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 6.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 3.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record