Introductory
SPECIES: Thelypteris phegopteris | Northern Beech Fern 



ABBREVIATION : 
THEPHE

SYNONYMS : 
   Dryopteris phegopteris (L.) C. Christens.
   Phegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt
   Phegopteris polypodioides Fee


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   THPH


COMMON NAMES : 
   northern beech fern
   marsh fern
   long beech fern


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of northern beech fern is
Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Slosson.


LIFE FORM : 
Fern or Fern Ally

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
Northern beech fern is rare in Glacier National Park [6].


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


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Thelypteris phegopteris. In: Remainder of Citation

DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Thelypteris phegopteris | Northern Beech Fern 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Northern beech fern is circumboreal.  It reaches south in North America
to northern Oregon, southeastern British Columbia, Iowa, and North
Carolina [2,6].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch


STATES : 
     AK  CT  IA  LA  MA  ME  MN  MT  NC  NH
     OR  RI  VT  WA  AB  BC  MB  NB  NF  NS
     NT  ON  PQ  SK  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  APIS  BLRI  DEWA  DENA  GLBA
     GLAC  GRSM  ISRO  LACL  NERI  NOCA
     PIRO  SLBE  VOYA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   2  Cascade Mountains
   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 : 
Northern beech fern is a montane-subalpine species.  It is an indicator
of nitrogen-rich soils and friable forest floors (modder and mull humus
forms) [4].

VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Thelypteris phegopteris | Northern Beech 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: Thelypteris phegopteris | Northern Beech Fern 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Northern beech fern has slender, creeping rhizomes.  The erect, solitary
fronds grow 4 to 20 inches (10-50 cm) long [2,6].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
NO-ENTRY


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Northern beech fern grows in areas with boreal, wet temperate, cool
mesothermal climates.  It grows on moist, calcareous cliff crevices or
moist banks in rich, damp forest floors.  It is often associated with
maidenhair fern (Adinatum pedatum).  It is rare to scattered in
herbaceous understories, with frequency increasing with precipitation.
It is also found on floodplain sites [2,4,5,6,8].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
NO-ENTRY

FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Thelypteris phegopteris | Northern Beech Fern 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
NO-ENTRY

FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Thelypteris phegopteris | Northern Beech 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: Thelypteris phegopteris | Northern Beech Fern 



REFERENCES : 

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       U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 169 p. 
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       plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part 1: Vascular cryptograms,
       gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Seattle, WA: University of Washington
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       the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Volume
       II: The biota of North America. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North
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       Bell, North Carolina Botanical Garden. 500 p.  [6954]

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       Columbia Press. 288 p.  [10703]

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       Montana. Missoula, MT: University of Montana, Department of Botany. 27
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.  Voss, Edward G. 1972. Michigan flora. Part I. Gymnosperms and monocots.
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