Schizaea pusilla
| Schizaea pusilla | |
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| 1913 illustration[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida / Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Schizaeales |
| Family: | Schizaeaceae |
| Genus: | Schizaea |
| Species: | S. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizaea pusilla Pursh | |
Schizaea pusilla, the little curlygrass fern,[2] is a species of fern in the family Schizaeaceae. It was first described by the German-American botanist Frederick Traugott Pursh in 1814.[3] It is native to New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia in Canada, the French overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and North Carolina in the United States of America. It is listed as endangered by the state of New York.[2]
References
- ↑ from An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, 2nd edition. Author: Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown
- 1 2 "Schizaea pusilla". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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