Image ID: 17355
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: OSCI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Osmunda cinnamomea
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Last Modified: 2018-10-18
SELECTED SYNONYM: Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: OSMUN GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Osmunda GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Osmunda GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 7 species, if circumscribed (as here) to exclude Todea, Leptopteris, and Osmundastrum, following Metzgar et al. (2008). Our two species are in separate clades within Osmunda that are estimated to have diverged over 100 million years ago (Schneider et al. 2015). GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Metzgar et al. (2008)=Z; Zhang, Iwatsuki, & Kadokawa in FoC (2013); Tsutsumi et al. (2011); Lellinger (1985); Whetstone & Atkinson in FNA (1993b); Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Yatabe, Nishida, & Murakami (1999).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: OSMUND FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Osmundaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Martinov 1820 FAMILY COMMON: Royal Fern Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of 4 genera and about 15-25 species. Schneider et al. (2015) estimate the divergence time between Osmundastrum and Osmunda at > 200 million years. FAMILY REFERENCE: Metzgar et al. (2008)=Z; Schneider et al. (2015); Lellinger (1985); Whetstone & Atkinson in FNA (1993b); Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Yatabe, Nishida, & Murakami (1999).
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NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America to Mexico, Central & South America HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Cinnamon Fern is so named because of the cinnamon-colored fibers at the base of its fronds. This fern produces showy large fiddleheads in the spring. It grows at a moderate pace and forms clumps 2-3 feet wide. Once established, each fern’s fronds are displayed in an upright "vase" shape. Its fronds turn yellow, then bronze, in the fall. This native fern is typically found growing in moist soils alongside streams and on shaded ledges and bluffs.
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Cultural Notes: The Cherokee and Iroquois tribes used this fern for treating rheumatism and colds.
USDA Symbol: OSCI
USDA Common Name: Cinnamon Fern
Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
COMMON NAME: Cinnamon Fern
SYNONYMY: [= Ar, FoC, Tn, Va, Z; = Osmunda cinnamomea Linnaeus - FNA, G, Il, Pa, RAB, S, W, WH3, WV; > Osmunda cinnamomea var. cinnamomea - C, F, K; > Osmunda cinnamomea Linnaeus var. glandulosa Waters - F, K; > Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum - Y; > Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. glandulosum (Waters) McAvoy - Y]
PHENOLOGY: Mar-May.
HABITAT: Bogs, peatlands, pocosins, wet savannas, floodplains, blackwater stream swamps, and other wetlands.
COMMENTS: NL (Labrador) west to MN, south to s. FL, c. TX; Mexico south through Central America to n. South America; West Indies; e. Asia. The species also occurs in e. Asia, where sometimes treated as a separate variety (but the combination is not available in Osmundastrum). The taxonomic significance of the densely glandularpubescentOsmundastrum cinnamomeum var. glandulosum (Waters) McAvoy needs additional evaluation; it is reported from scattered locations in e. North America, including SC and VA. Because of its geographic incoherence it is here regarded as a form.
RANGE MAP: Osmundastrum cinnamomeum.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Osmundaceae Martinov 1820 (Royal Fern Family) SUMMARY: A family of 4 genera and about 15-25 species. Schneider et al. (2015) estimate the divergence time between Osmundastrum and Osmunda at > 200 million years. REFERENCE: Metzgar et al. (2008)=Z; Schneider et al. (2015); Lellinger (1985); Whetstone & Atkinson in FNA (1993b); Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Yatabe, Nishida, & Murakami (1999).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Osmunda L. (Osmunda) SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 7 species, if circumscribed (as here) to exclude Todea, Leptopteris, and Osmundastrum, following Metzgar et al. (2008). Our two species are in separate clades within Osmunda that are estimated to have diverged over 100 million years ago (Schneider et al. 2015). REFERENCE: Metzgar et al. (2008)=Z; Zhang, Iwatsuki, & Kadokawa in FoC (2013); Tsutsumi et al. (2011); Lellinger (1985); Whetstone & Atkinson in FNA (1993b); Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Yatabe, Nishida, & Murakami (1999).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
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