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The hybrid between Polystichum lonchitis and P . acrostichoides (= P . × hagenahii Cody) is discussed under P . acrostichoides . The hybrid with P . braunii (= P . × meyeri Sleep & Reichstein) is discussed under P . braunii . In the Georgian Bay area of Ontario, P . lonchitis hybridizes with Dryopteris goldiana to produce the peculiar × Dryostichum singulare W. H. Wagner (W. H. Wagner Jr., F. S. Wagner et al. 1992).
The spiny spores of P . lonchitis are distinctive and distinguish this from dwarfed forms of other 1-pinnate species.
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Description
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Stems erect to occasionally ascending. Leaves erect, not arching except at tip, 1--6 dm; bulblets absent. Petiole 1/10--1/6 of blade, densely scaly; scales light brown, gradually diminishing in size distally. Blade linear, often widest above middle, 1-pinnate, base narrowed. Pinnae oblong to lanceolate to falcate, proximal pinnae ± deltate, rarely overlapping, in 1 plane, 0.5--3 cm, base truncate to oblique, acroscopic auricle well developed; margins serrulate-spiny with teeth spreading; apex acute, subapical tooth hardly smaller than apical tooth; microscales dense, on abaxial surface only. Indusia entire or minutely dentate-erose. Spores dark brown. 2 n = 82.
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Distribution
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Greenland; Alta., B.C., Nfld., N.S., Ont., Que., Yukon; Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wis., Wyo.
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Habitat
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In rock crevices or at base of boulders, mostly in boreal and subalpine coniferous forests or alpine regions; 0--3200m.
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Synonym
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Polypodium lonchitis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1088. 1753
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