Chapter 12: Appendixes

ECOLOGY OF OLD WOMAN CREEK ESTUARY AND WATERSHED
Order Grimmiales
Common Name Family Location
Grimmia pulvinata moss Grimmiaceae RE
Schistidium apocarpum moss Grimmiaceae RE
Schistidium rivulare moss Grimmiaceae RE
DIVISION LYCOPODIOPHYTA (clubmosses)
CLASS LYCOPODIOPSIDA (clubmosses)
Order Lycopodiales
Lycopodium dendroideum tree-like clubmoss Lycopodiaceae CK
Lycopodium obscurum tree clubmoss Lycopodiaceae CK
DIVISION EQUISETOPHYTA (horsetails and scouring rushes)
CLASS EQUISETOPSIDA (horsetails)
Order Equisetales
Equisetum arvense field or common horsetail Equisetaceae CK,ES
Equisetum hyemale rough horsetail, Equisetaceae CK
scouring rush
DIVISION FILICOPHYTA [=POLYPODIOPHYTA] (ferns)
CLASS FILICOPSIDA [=POLYPODIOPSIDA] (ferns)
Order Ophioglossales
Botrychium dissectum cut-leaf grapefern Ophioglossaceae CK
Botrychium rugulosum leathery grapefern Ophioglossaceae CK
Botrychium virginianum rattlesnake fern Ophioglossaceae CK,ES
Order Polypodiales
Adiantum pedatum northern maidenhair fern Adiantaceae CK,ES
Athyrium filix-femina subarctic lady fern Aspleniaceae CK,ES
Cystopteris bulbifera bulblet fern Aspleniaceae CK
Cystopteris tenuis fragile fern Aspleniaceae CK
Dryopteris carthusiana spinulose woodfern Aspleniaceae CK,ES
Dryopteris intermedia evergreen woodfern Aspleniaceae CK
Dryopteris marginalis marginal shield-fern Aspleniaceae CK
or woodfern
Dryopteris sp. woodfern Aspleniaceae ES
Gymnocarpium dryopteris oak-fern Aspleniaceae CK
Onoclea sensibilis sensitive fern Onocleaceae CK,ES
Osmunda cinnamomea cinnamon fern Osmundaceae ES
Osmunda claytoniana fern Osmundaceae CK,ES
Phegopteris hexagonoptera broad beech-fern Aspleniaceae CK
Polypodium virginianum common polypody Polypodiaceae CK
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern Aspleniaceae CK,ES
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Location Codes:
CK – Old Woman Creek watershed upstream of the estuary
ES – Old Woman Creek estuary (including watershed within boundaries of NERR)
LE – Lake Erie, principally nearshore waters of Erie County and western Lorain County, Ohio
RE – Regional occurrence, principally Lake Erie watersheds of eastern Erie County and
western Lorain County, Ohio