SPECIES:  Cystopteris montana

• Introductory
• Distribution and Occurrence
• Management Considerations
• Botanical and Ecological Characteristics
• Fire Ecology
• Fire Effects
• References

Introductory
SPECIES: Cystopteris montana



AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Cystopteris montana. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). 
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [].




ABBREVIATION : 
CYSMON

SYNONYMS : 
   Filix montana (Lam.) Underwood


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   CYMO3


COMMON NAMES : 
   mountain bladder-fern


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of mountain bladder-fern is
Cystopteris montana (Lam.) Bernh.


LIFE FORM : 
Fern or Fern Ally

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
Mountain bladder-fern is rare in Glacier National Park, Montana [6].

DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Cystopteris montana



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Mountain bladder-fern is circumboreal and extends south to British
Columbia, northwestern Montana, the north shore of Lake Superior, and
Quebec.  It is disjunct in Colorado [3].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES23  Fir - spruce


STATES : 
     AK  CO  MT  AB  BC  LB  MB  NF  NS  NT
     ON  PQ  SK  YT



BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
SPECIES: Cystopteris montana





IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
NO-ENTRY


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Cystopteris montana



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Mountain bladder-fern, a native perennial, is a delicate fern with
scattered fronds 4 to 18 inches (10-45 cm) long.  The cordlike
rootstocks are slender and creeping [3,4].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Undisturbed State:  Hemicryptophyte
   Burned or Clipped State:  Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Mountain bladder-fern reproduces both sexually and vegetatively [2].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Mountain bladder-fern grows in moist or wet woods and along mossy
streambanks in mountains.  It will grow on moist rock ledges and rocky
or calcareous soils at mid to high elevations [3,4,6,7,9].  Mountain
bladder-fern has been reported at 2,325 feet (750 m) in Canada and at
10,500 to 11,000 feet (3,390-3,550 m) in Colorado [3,9].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
NO-ENTRY

FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Cystopteris montana



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
NO-ENTRY

FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Cystopteris montana



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
NO-ENTRY


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
NO-ENTRY


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

References for species: Cystopteris montana

1. Bernard, Stephen R.; Brown, Kenneth F. 1977. Distribution of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians by BLM physiographic regions and A.W. Kuchler's associations for the eleven western states. Tech. Note 301. Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 169 p. [434]

2. Dittberner, Phillip L.; Olson, Michael R. 1983. The plant information network (PIN) data base: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. FWS/OBS-83/86. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 786 p. [806]

3. Harrington, H. D. 1964. Manual of the plants of Colorado. 2d ed. Chicago: The Swallow Press Inc. 666 p. [6851]

4. Hitchcock, C. Leo; Cronquist, Arthur; Ownbey, Marion. 1959. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part 4: Ericaceae through Campanulaceae. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. 510 p. [1170]

5. Kartesz, John T.; Kartesz, Rosemarie. 1980. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Volume II: The biota of North America. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press; in confederation with Anne H. Lindsey and C. Richie Bell, North Carolina Botanical Garden. 500 p. [6954]

6. Lesica, Peter. 1984. Rare vascular plants of Glacier National Park, Montana. Missoula, MT: University of Montana, Department of Botany. 27 p. [12049]

7. Moss, E. H. 1955. The vegetation of Alberta. Botanical Review. 21(9): 493-567. [6878]

8. Raunkiaer, C. 1934. The life forms of plants and statistical plant geography. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 632 p. [2843]

9. Roemer, H. L; Ogilvie, R. T. 1983. Additions to the flora of the Queen Charlotte Islands on limestone. Canadian Journal of Botany. 61(10): 2577-2580. [12217]

10. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1994. Plants of the U.S.--alphabetical listing. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 954 p. [23104]

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