Dryopteris crinalis

Dryopteris crinalis is a species of fern known as the serpent woodfern. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from the main islands.[1]

Dryopteris crinalis

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Dryopteris
Species:
D. crinalis
Binomial name
Dryopteris crinalis

There are at least two varieties. The var. podosorus was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2010.[2] There are three populations on Kauai, for a total of no more than 47 individual plants. The fern grows on walls of basalt in wet forests.[2]

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