Keck Reservation: Ferns & Vines


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 with either of the following links

Microsoft Excel Adobe PDF

Keys to Abbreviations


Wetlands Indicator Status (WIS)
Native/Introducted (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 FACU
Fern, Bracken Pteridium aquilinum DENN N FACU
Fern, Christmas Polystichum acrostichoides DRYO N FACU-
Fern, Cinnamon Osmunda cinnamomea OSMU N FACW
Fern, Hay-scented Dennstaedtia punctilobula DENN N
Fern, Lady Athyrium felix-foemina ATHY N FAC
Fern, Marsh Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens THEL N OBL
Fern, New York Parathelypteris noveboracensis THEL N FAC
Fern, Royal Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis OSMU N OBL
Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum POLY N

Vines


Common Name Genus species Family N/I WIS
Dewberry, Bristly Rubus hispidus ROSA N FACW
Dewberry, Whiplash Rubus flagellaris ROSA N UPL
Grape, Fox Vitis labrusca VITA N FACU
Woodbine Parthenocissus quinquefolia VITA N FACU
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