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Dryopteris intermedia (Willd.) A. Gray

Common Name: EVERGREEN WOODFERN
Coefficient of Conservatism: 5
Coefficient of Wetness: 0
Wetness Index: FAC
Physiognomy: Nt Fern

Dry to wet deciduous, mixed conifer-hardwood, or coniferous forests, often on slopes, hummocks, and in ravines.

This is a very common forest understory fern, though becoming infrequent in southernmost Michigan.

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Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. April, 5, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1187