| Pteridophyte | Literature for Sticherus owhyhensis
Palmer, 2003. |
| Gleicheniaceae -- The False Staghorn Fern Family | Bibliography |
| Sticherus owhyhensis | |
Common name(s): uluhe, unuhe |
| General Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habitat | Wet forest, shrublands, and open areas | |
| Elevation | 900-1740 m |
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| Habit |
Terrestrial, large; rhizomes creeping, scaly, scales linear-triangular, dark, margins ciliate. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds of indeterminate growth, scandent, repeatedly forking, becoming very long, forming tangled masses, dormant buds present at forks; stipe adaxially grooved, scales and hairlike scales present, scales cordate, tan or white, with long hairs projecting from margin, hairlike scales present distally; blade heavily covered with dark, linear-triangular scales with marginal cilia; primary rachises sometimes continuing after the first forking, subsequent secondary rachises bearing long segments, segments on either side and closest to the forks often smaller; pinnae pectinate, 15-40 cm long; ultimate segments with scattered scales and hairlike scales on undersurfaces, 1.5-6+ cm long; veins 1-forked. |
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| Sori |
Sori exindusiate, with 2-6 sporangia. |
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| Notes |
From Owhyee, an archaic spelling for Hawai`i. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |
