BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Cystopteris montana | Mountain Bladder-Fern 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Mountain bladder-fern, a native perennial, is a delicate fern with
scattered fronds 4 to 18 inches (10-45 cm) long.  The cordlike
rootstocks are slender and creeping [3,4].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Undisturbed State:  Hemicryptophyte
   Burned or Clipped State:  Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Mountain bladder-fern reproduces both sexually and vegetatively [2].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Mountain bladder-fern grows in moist or wet woods and along mossy
streambanks in mountains.  It will grow on moist rock ledges and rocky
or calcareous soils at mid to high elevations [3,4,6,7,9].  Mountain
bladder-fern has been reported at 2,325 feet (750 m) in Canada and at
10,500 to 11,000 feet (3,390-3,550 m) in Colorado [3,9].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Cystopteris montana | Mountain Bladder-Fern