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Dryopteris cristata
crested wood fern
Shenandoah National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		crested wood fern
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Polypodiophytina, Subclass Polypodiidae, Order Polypodiales, Suborder Polypodiineae, Family Dryopteridaceae, Genus Dryopteris, Species Dryopteris cristata


Park Tags:
Habitat - Wetland
Life Form - Fern


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		VA: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Blue Ridge Parkway	Cape Cod National Seashore
Catoctin Mountain Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	First State National Historical Park
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Glacier National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Morristown National Historical Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Rock Creek Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saratoga National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Voyageurs National Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park


Last Modified Date:	6/1/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/13/2025 9:37:48 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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