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Alpine Ladyfern - Athyrium alpestre
Other Names:  Athyrium americanum, Athyrium distentifolium

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Native Species

Global Rank: G4G5
State Rank: S4
C-value: 7


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General Description
Leaves ascending or erect, densely clustered or widely separated in talus, 15–70 cm long, petiole shorter than the blade. Leaf blade narrowly lance-shaped, twice pinnate. Sori borne at sinuses of pinnule lobes. Indusium absent (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
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Range Comments
Circumboreal south to CA and CO (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 19

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Habitat
Rock slides and stony soil of meadows, often along streams, less common in cliff crevices; subalpine to alpine (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).


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