Introductory
SPECIES: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern 



ABBREVIATION : 
DRYCRI

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   DRCR4


COMMON NAMES : 
   Buckler fern
   crested shield fern
   crested wood fern


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of Buckler fern is Dryopteris
cristata (L.) Gray.


LIFE FORM : 
Fern or Fern Ally

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
Buckler fern is rated by Thew Nature Conservancy as globally secure (G5)
but critically imperiled (S1) in the state of Washington [11].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Tara Y. Williams/September 1990


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Dryopteris cristata. In: Remainder of Citation

DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Buckler fern is circumboreal.  It extends south in North America to
northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, northwestern Montana, Arkansas,
and North Carolina [4,6,8,9,11].

Occurrence in Glacier National Park:  John's Lake [9].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES22  Western white pine


STATES : 
     AK  AR  CT  IA  ID  IL  IN  KY  MA  ME
     MN  MO  MT  NC  NH  NY  OH  PA  RI  TN
     VA  VT  WA  WI  WV  AB  BC  LB  MB  NB
     NF  NS  NT  ON  PQ  SK  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  APIS  BLRI  CACO  CATO  CUVA
     DEWA  GWMP  GLAC  INDU  ISRO  MORR
     MORA  ROCR  SLBE  VOYA  


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   8  Northern Rocky Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
NO-ENTRY


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
A densely tufted, native perennial forb, Buckler fern has short,
horizontal or ascending rhizomes.  The evergreen sterile blades are 6 to
12 inches (15-40 cm) long; the deciduous fertile blades are 10 to 24
inches (25-60 cm) long [4,9].


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


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Buckler fern reproduces vegetatively and from seed produced by the
process of pollination and fertilization [2].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Buckler grows at low elevations in moist woods, forests, thickets,
marshes, swamps, and sphagnum bogs [4,5,6,8,9].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
In the northeastern United States, mature spores of Buckler fern are
present from July 8 to September 8 [8].

FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
NO-ENTRY

FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
NO-ENTRY


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
NO-ENTRY


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

REFERENCES
SPECIES: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern 



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       Wyoming. FWS/OBS-83/86. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior,
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Related categories for Species: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern