Oak Fern, also called western oakfern, common oak fern or northern oak fern, is a fern species in the family Cystopteridaceae with an extensive range spanning Canada, the United States, Greenland, China, Japan, Korea, Russia and most of Europe. Like other ferns it reproduces by spores rather than seeds, alternating between a free-living sporophyte phase and a free-living gametophyte phase in its life cycle.
Facts
Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Scientific NameGymnocarpium dryopteris 6 Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Oak Fern
In Biome
Source Plants For A Future: Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Source Plants For A Future: Gymnocarpium dryopteris
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Gymnocarpium dryopteris (Wikipedia)
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Gymnocarpium dryopteris, the western oakfern, common oak fern, oak fern, or northern oak fern, is a deciduous fern of the family Cystopteridaceae.
2. Plants For A Future: Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Plants For A FutureHabitatsQuote, Habitats
Shady, moist woods, streambanks and wet cliffs preferring mixed coniferous forests. It is equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands.
3. GBIF Species API
4. NatureServe Explorer: Gymnocarpium dryopteris
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
6. Wikidata: Oak Fern
Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1301661, descriptionView the Source Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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