The Biological Flora of Canada 6. Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro, Ostrich Fern

Prange, Robert K.; Aderkas, P. von

doi:10.5962/p.355493

The Canadian Field-Naturalist

1985

DOI: 10.5962/p.355493

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The Biological Flora of Canada 6. Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro, Ostrich Fern

Robert K. Prange,

P. von Aderkas

Abstract: Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro is a fern which occurs throughout the north temperate and sub-boreal zones of the northern hemisphere including all provinces and territories of Canada, the northern U.S., Japan, China, Siberia west to Scandinavia, Belgium, France and parts of the Alps. Its occurrence may be considered as an indicator of moist eutrophic soils where the water table is generally within 1.5 m of the soil surface. The young vegetative fronds or "'fiddleheads" that emerge in the spring have bee… Show more

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Leaf Growth and Phenology of the Dimorphic Herbaceous Layer Fern Danaea Wendlandii (Marattiaceae) in a Costa Rican Rain Forest

Sharpe

Jernstedt

1990

American J of Botany

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Leaf growth and spore release in Danaea wendlandii were monitored under temperate greenhouse conditions and in a rain forest at the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. Sterile leaf (trophophyll) growth occurs in four phases, and fertile leaf (sporophyll) growth occurs in five phases. Trophophylls show an initial rapid increase in length for a 4‐week period, attain full maturity at 8 weeks, and remain on the plant for about 3 years. There appears to be a seasonal pattern of trophophyll growth, with crozier emergence rates in May and June three times higher than the mean annual rate. Sporophyll growth shows a double sigmoid pattern. For about 3 weeks after crozier emergence, there is a rapid increase in length. This phase is followed by a 10‐week period with no appreciable change in length. Rapid elongation over a 2‐week period precedes spore release; this is followed within 2 weeks by disappearance of the sporophyll. Sporophylls in the rain forest are subject to 14% mortality prior to maturation, with most mortality occurring in later stages of growth. A projected phenology based on the sporophyll growth curve shows peaks in spore release late in the wet season with a concomitant peak in sporophyll emergence early in the wet season during the 15‐month period from June 1986 through September 1987.

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Leaf Growth and Phenology of the Dimorphic Herbaceous Layer Fern Danaea Wendlandii (Marattiaceae) in a Costa Rican Rain Forest

Sharpe

Jernstedt

1990

American J of Botany

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A synecological investigation of Matteuccia struthiopteris ? dominanted stands in Western Norway

Odland

1992

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This investigation is based on phytosociological and ecological analyses of stands dominated byM. struthiopteris within its main distributional area in Western Norway. The distribution and floristical composition of such stands are related to different environmental parameters such as regional climate, soil and topography. The data are analysed by numerical methods, of which two-way indicator species analysis (TWlNSPAN), canonical correspondence analysis (CCA), and simple discriminant functions (DISCRIM) are the most useful. Few stands occur in areas where the mean July temperature is below 12.0 °C, and where the mean January temperature is higher than 0 °C. The soil is rich in metal cations, with a base saturation mostly higher than 5070 in the B-layer. Based on a TWINSPAN classification of the 230 investigated stands, 9 different groups (types) are distinguished. Many stands have a tree layer of Alnus incana, while stands with a canopy of Betula pubescens, Fraxinus excelsior and Ulrnus gIabra are considered to be marginal sites for M. struthiopteris. The types described are interpreted as belonging to the Pruno padi-Alnetum incanae, Alno incanae-Fraxinetum excelsioris and Alno incanae-Ulmetum glabrae associations within the Alno-Ulmion alliance. The floristic composition of the quadrats is highly correlated with the altitude/temperature gradient. The other important factor is interpreted to be soil moisture. Soil richness is poorly correlated with the floristic composition of the different stands. Several stands represent a regeneration stage after cessation in cultivation, while others appear to have been very little influenced by human activity.

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Ecological optima and tolerances of Thelypteris limbosperma, Athyrium distentifolium, and Matteuccia struthiopteris along environmental gradients in Western Norway

1995

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The distribution and abundance of Thelypteris limbosperma, Athyrium distentifolium, and Matteuccia struthiopteris are modelled statistically in relation to 14 environmental variables along the major climatic, topographic, and edaphic gradients in western Norway. The data are from 624 stands from which measurements or estimates of mean January and mean July temperatures, humidity, altitude, aspect, and slope are available. From 182 of these stands eight soil variables have also been measured. The species responses are quantified by two numerical methods: Gaussian logit regression and weighted averaging (WA) regression. The estimated WA optima suggest that A. distentifolium has an ecological preference for low July and January temperatures, high altitudes, and soils of low-medium pH and base content. The species shows statistically significant Gaussian responses with summer temperature, humidity (= Martonnes humidity index), altitude, slope, aspect, pH, cation exchange capacity, and base saturation with optima of 8.7 °C, 188.9, 1220 m, 28 °, 29 °, 4.8, 13.77 mEq 100 g dry soil -1, and 13.4%, respectively. These suggest that the occurrence and relative abundance of A. distentifolium are well predicted by summer temperature, topography, and soil pH and base status. T. limbosperma has WA optima that suggest that it favours moderately high winter and summer temperatures, high humidity, medium altitude, and soils of low pH and base content. It has significant Gaussian responses to summer temperature (optimum ---12.6 °C), winter temperature (-1.8 °C), humidity (179.2), altitude (459.5 m), slope (22.5°), and Na (0.7 mg 100 g dry soil-l). These suggest that climatic factors, altitude, and slope are significant predictors for its occurrence and abundance.

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The Biological Flora of Canada 6. Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro, Ostrich Fern

Cited by 19 publications

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Leaf Growth and Phenology of the Dimorphic Herbaceous Layer Fern Danaea Wendlandii (Marattiaceae) in a Costa Rican Rain Forest

Leaf Growth and Phenology of the Dimorphic Herbaceous Layer Fern Danaea Wendlandii (Marattiaceae) in a Costa Rican Rain Forest

A synecological investigation of Matteuccia struthiopteris ? dominanted stands in Western Norway

Ecological optima and tolerances of Thelypteris limbosperma, Athyrium distentifolium, and Matteuccia struthiopteris along environmental gradients in Western Norway

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