Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

Origin:

Scientific Synonyms: Dryopteris dryopteris (L.) Britton, Dryopteris linnaeana C. Christens., Phegopteris dryopteris (L.) Fée, Polypodium dryopteris L., Thelypteris dryopteris (L.) Slosson

Common names:

Dryopteris (1732, Dillenius) (46)

Filix pumilia saxatilis (1576, Clusius) (46)

Filix ramosa minor pinnulis dentatis (1622, Bauhin) (46)

Oak fern [Oak-fern, Oakfern] (1879-1977) (3, 5, 46, 72, 131, 138, 156)

Pale mountain polypody (1900) (158)

Western oak fern [Western oakfern] (Present) (50)