Dryopteris erythrosora

Rotschleierfarn ( Dryopteris erythrosora )

The Rotschleierfarn ( Dryopteris erythrosora ) is in East Asia (China, Korea, Japan) native fern of the genus worm ferns ( Dryopteris ).

Description

The Rotschleierfarn is a very rich in forms and variable Art It has an upright to lying down rhizome, which is stocky and branches, so that it forms multiple crowns. It reaches heights of growth of around 45 cm, rarely more than 60 cm. Normally it is 30 to 60 cm high and as wide. The leaves are funnel-shaped. They are evergreen in cooler climates, semi - evergreen, pinnate to 60 cm long and double. The individual leaflets are narrowly lanceolate. Its edge is almost completely cut up.

In budding young fronds are coppery and later green. Every year, there may be more leaf shoots.

The veil of Sori are reddish. You are eponymous for the nature (Greek erythros " red " sorus ). They are kidney-shaped. The sori are usually closer to the midrib.

Dissemination and locations

The species is native to East Asia, where it grows in the forests of the hilly and mountainous country and is spread right there.

Use

The Rotschleierfarn is pulled due to its color change in the foliage as an ornamental plant in gardens, but not very often. He is a shadow tolerant and winter.

Documents

• 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
• Style portrait on the Ohio State University page
• Style portrait, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation