Athyrium filix-femina var. michauxii Mett.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Maine

• County/Municipio

  Hancock Co.

• Locality

  Margin of Tunk Stream (outflow of Tunk Lake) north side of Maine Route 182, about 5.5 miles west of Unionville Road, 6.5 miles west of Cherryfield.

• Elevation

  Alt. 64 m. (210 ft.)

• Coordinates

  44.6097, -68.0569

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF MAINE, USA
Athvrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
var. michauxii Mett. Aspleniaceae (Polypodiaceae
Det.: S.R.Hill, (ILLS) 2001
HANCOCK COUNTY 44° 36.59’ N. Lat. 68° 3.41 ’
W. Long. Margin of Tunk Stream (outflow of Tunk
Lake) north side of Maine Route 182, about 5.5 miles
west of Unionville Road, 6.5 miles west of Cherryfield.
Elevation 210 ft. Wet acid peat with numerous
smoothed glacial boulders, sand and gravel along west
side of brook.
Boreal conifer forest, old-growth white cedar swamp
margin, mix with hardwood forest elements, dominated
locally by Thuja occidentalis, Betula, Abies
balsamea, Tsuga canadensis. Occasional
rosette-forming fern with Dryopteris spp., Osmunda
spp., Onoclea sensibilis, rooted in wet humus under
Thuja near trail start near road.
Steven R. Hill 33924	11 July 2001
Humboldt Institute Plant Systematics class
03797334