Red veil fern

Red veil fern
Red veil fern ( Dryopteris erythrosora )
Systematics
Ferns Class : True ferns (Polypodiopsida) Order : Spotted ferns (Polypodiales) Family : Fern family (Dryopteridaceae) Genre : Common ferns ( Dryopteris ) Type : Red veil fern
Scientific name
Dryopteris erythrosora
( DC Eaton ) Kuntze

The red veil fern ( Dryopteris erythrosora ) is a fern from the genus of the worm ferns ( Dryopteris ) native to East Asia (China, Korea, Japan ).

description

Underside of leaf with sori

Red veil fern budding

The red veil fern is a very diverse and diverse species. It has an upright to prostrate rhizome that is compact and branched so that it forms several crowns. It reaches stature heights of around 45 cm, rarely more than 60 cm. Usually it becomes 30 to 60 cm high and just as wide. The leaves are funnel-shaped. They are evergreen, semi-evergreen in cooler climates, up to 60 cm long and bipinnate . The individual leaflets are narrowly lanceolate. Its edge is almost completely to sawn.

When budding, the young fronds are copper-red and later turn green. There can also be several leaf shoots per year.

The veil of Sori are reddish. They give the species its name (Greek erythros "red" + Sorus). They are kidney-shaped. The Sori are usually closer to the midrib.

Distribution and locations

The species is native to East Asia, where it grows in the forests of the hills and mountains and is quite common there. He is from Japan, Korea and the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang.

use

The red veil fern is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens because of its color change in the foliage , but not very often. It is shade tolerant and winterproof .

literature

• Edward F. Gilman: Dryopteris erythrosora . Fact Sheet FPS-189, Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 1999. pdf
• Species portrait on the Ohio State University website
• Art portrait , Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sugong Wu, Xiang Jianying, Shugang Lu, Wang Faguo, Prof. Fuwu Xing, Shiyong Dong, He Hai, Li-Bing Zhang, David S. Barrington & Maarten JM Christenhusz: Dryopteris Adanson . In: Flora of China, vol. 2-3, Dryopteridaceae. Dryopteris

Web links

Commons : Red veil  album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Red veil fern at www.bio-gaertner.de