Ferns & Vines - Keck Reservation


Walter Kittredge, a botanist from Harvard, compiled a list of the plants present at the Keck Reservation (You may email Walter at kittredg@oeb.harvard.edu.

He categorized the plants into:

You may download a list of all categories by Right-Clicking (Control-Click on a Mac) on the icons:

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Keys to Abbreviations


Wetlands Indicator Status (WIS)

Native/Introduced (N/I)

OBL = Obligate wetland plant N = Native
FAC = Facultative plant I = Introduced
FACW = Facultative wetland plant
FACU = Facultative upland plant
UPL = Upland plant

Ferns


Common Name

Genus species

Family

N/I

WIS

Clubmoss, Tree Dendrolycopodium obscurum LYCO N
Fern, Bracken Pteridium aquilinum DENN N
Fern, Christmas Polystichum acrostichoides DRYO N
Fern, Cinnamon Osmunda cinnamomea OSMU N
Fern, Hay-scented Dennstaedtia punctilobula DENN N
Fern, Lady Athyrium felix-foemina ATHY N
Fern, Marsh Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens THEL N
Fern, New York Parathelypteris noveboracensis THEL N
Fern, Royal Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis OSMU N
Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum POLY N

Vines


Common Name

Genus species

Family

N/I

WIS

Dewberry, Bristly Rubus hispidus ROSA N
Dewberry, Whiplash Rubus flagellaris ROSA N
Grape, Fox Vitis labrusca VITA N
Woodbine Parthenocissus quinquefolia VITA N