Goldie's Fern (Dryopteris goldieana; Dryopteridaceae) New to the Nova Scotia Flora

We report a record of Dryopteris goldieana (Goldie's Fern; Dryopteridaceae) from the Bras d'Or Lakes watershed, new to the native flora of Nova Scotia. A small population of the species was discovered in 2020 in a Populus balsamifera (Balsam Poplar) floodplain forest of the Baddeck River, Victoria County, Cape Breton Island, NS, Canada.

Automated summary

A record of Dryopteris goldieana was reported from the Bras d'Or Lakes watershed in Nova Scotia, Canada. A small population of this species was discovered in a floodplain forest of Balsam Poplar in 2020.