Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Minnesota

• Locality

  Rugged forested terrain along the Root River two miles east-northeast of Peterson, and two miles southwest of Rushford. Very local on the south side of the river one mile east-southeast of the Highway 16 bridge.

• Elevation

  Alt. 311 m. (1020 ft.)

• Coordinates

  43.7962, -91.7802

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application (batch client) to convert Township Range Section coordinates (Public Land Survey System) to decimal degrees (high precision).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF FILLMORE COUNTY, MINNESOTA, U.S.A.
Dryopteris filix-mas(L.) Schott
Rugged forested terrain along the Root River two miles east-northeast of Peterson,
and two miles southwest of Rushford. Very local on the south side of the river one
milft east-southeast of the Highway 16 bridge. Eight vigorous clumps (6-12 fronds
each) encountered on the steep northeast-feeing slopes of a deep ravine cut into the
upper portion of a large sloping sand terrace that extends 260 feet up from the base
of the 480-foot bluffs here. Plants occur in a mesic microsite in an otherwise dry
Quercus velutina - Pinus banksiana woodland. Full shade. Deep medium-textured
sand. Associates include Asplenium platyneuron, Dryopteris carthusiana, Pilea
pumila, Eupatorium rugosum, Circaea lutetiana, Phryma leptostachya.
T104N R8W SW1/4 Sec. 22 (center of SW1/4 Sec. 22)
UTM(NAD83); 4849547N 597747E, 4849557N 597743E
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Michael D. Lee it MDL6736 (duplicate)
with Hannah Texler
18 September 2014
Elevation(ft): 1,020
MINNESOTA BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Special Permit #19437)
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