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].

Related categories for Species: Dryopteris cristata | Buckler Fern