Literature for Dryopteris crinalis Palmer, 2003. Literature for Dryopteris crinalis var. crinalis Palmer, 2003. Literature for Dryopteris crinalis var. podosorus Palmer, 2003.
Dryopteridaceae	Bibliography
Dryopteris crinalis

General Information
Distribution	Hawaiian islands
Habit	Plants medium-sized, appearing hairy; rhizomes decumbent, short.
Leaves	Fronds erect, occasionally pendent, 20-85 cm long; stipe 1/3-1/2 frond length, straw-colored, occasionally dark brown, heavily clothed with narrow, twisted, dark brown, hairlike scales and hairs; blade 2-to 3-pinnate, ovate-lanceolate, dark green, subcoriaceous; rachises, costae, veins, and abaxial surfaces scaly (like stipes), but with progressively smaller scales; pinnae 9-16 pairs, short-stalked basally to adnate distally, basal pinnae elongate-triangular, distal pinnae lanceolate somewhat falcate; basiscopic pinnules of lowest pinnae larger than acroscopic ones; ultimate segments oblong, obtuse, regularly lobed with basal lobes the largest; veins 1- to 2-forked.
Sori	Sori adnate and media on distal branches of vein forks, or raised or narrow, pale, vascularized stalks; indusia absent.
Notes	Latin crinalis, relating to hair, in reference to the hairy appearance of this species.
Contributor	Sally Eichhorn