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Comptonia peregrina

Family:Myricaceae
Species:Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M. Coult.
Common Name:sweet fern
Habitat:Barrens, rocky summits, woodlands, fields and clearings, open heathlands, roadsides, and utility rights-of-way. A plant of open dry thin acidic soils.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Subshrub, Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, S5 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 6
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

SupraordinalEudicots
Order Fagales
FamilyMyricaceae
Genus Comptonia
SpeciesComptonia peregrina (L.) J.M. Coult. - sweet fern

Citation

Citation Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M. Coult.
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Source

CountyYearHerbariaNotesSubmission Info
Albany1995 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Albany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Albany1955 BKL – BKL00084734
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Allegany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Bronx1876 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Bronx1967 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Bronx  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Bronx1993 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Broome  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Broome1960 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Cattaraugus  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Chautauqua  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Chemung  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Clinton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Columbia  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Delaware  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Dutchess  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Erie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Essex  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Fulton2007 NYS – 462
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  12/22/2009 - Donna Vogler
Fulton2007 FMCC – 462
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  12/22/2009 - Donna Vogler
Greene  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Greene1931 BKL – BKL00066036
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Hamilton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Jefferson1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Kings  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Livingston  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Monroe  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Montgomery  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1903 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1992 OBPF – Log_num: 6654
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1918 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1917 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1905 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1919 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1896 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1877 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1909 PH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Nassau1891 BKL – BKL00010054
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1905 BKL – BKL00010041
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1899 BKL – BKL00010039
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1896 BKL – BKL00010050
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1911 BKL – BKL00010027
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1886 BKL – BKL00010052
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1872 BKL – BKL00010035
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1905 BKL – BKL00010203
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1898 BKL – BKL00010040
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
New York  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Oneida  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange1885 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange2002 BKL – BKL00021120
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange2002 BKL – BKL00022895
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange1990 BKL – BKL00010046
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange1990 BKL – BKL00010037
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange1817 BKL – BKL00088187
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange1937 HUH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange1936 HUH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange1937 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange1936 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Orange1991 BKL – BKL00037625
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange1965 BKL – BKL00010045
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Otsego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Otsego2005 SUCO
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
Town of Oneonta  
Putnam  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Putnam2009 BKL – BKL00100113
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Putnam2007 BKL – BKL00085774
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1897 BKL – BKL00010043
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Queens1889 BKL – BKL00010042
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Rensselaer  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Rensselaer2000 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Richmond  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Richmond1876 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Richmond1901 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Richmond1895 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Richmond1891 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Richmond1883 BKL – BKL00010032
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Richmond2003 BKL – BKL00025705
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Richmond1895 BKL – BKL00010051
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Richmond1868 BKL – BKL00010031
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Rockland1956 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Rockland1876 BKL – BKL00010030
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Rockland1994 BKL – BKL00010038
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Rockland1918 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Rockland  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Rockland1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Rockland1995 BKL – BKL00016066
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Rockland1886 BKL – BKL00010028
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Saratoga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Saratoga1922 BKL – BKL00023877
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Schenectady  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Schoharie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1909 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1975 CONN
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1920 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1993 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1981 OBPF – Log_num: 7684
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1920 PH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1973 OBPF – Log_num: 9840
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1898 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1920 HUH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1926 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1919 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1972 OBPF – Log_num: 10488
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1998 OBPF – Log_num: RZ5601
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00014682
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1996 BKL – BKL00020182
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1961 BKL – BKL00079379
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1996 BKL – BKL00016063
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00014681
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1932 BKL – BKL00010036
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1912 BKL – BKL00010021
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1937 BKL – BKL00010044
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1919 BKL – BKL00010024
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1992 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00014680
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1976 BKL – BKL00010026
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1996 BKL – BKL00020215
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1871 BKL – BKL00010049
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1995 BKL – BKL00014685
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1909 BKL – BKL00010023
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1995 BKL – BKL00016064
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1974 BKL – BKL00010029
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk2008 BKL – BKL00084677
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1873 BKL – BKL00010053
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1998 BKL – BKL00006636
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk2000 BKL – BKL00006057
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1912 BKL – BKL00010047
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1996 BKL – BKL00007372
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1919 BKL – BKL00010022
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1918 BKL – BKL00010025
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk2010 BKL – BKL00097020
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk2002 BKL – BKL00023047
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Sullivan1976 BKL – BKL00066031
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Sullivan1985 BKL – BKL00066032
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Sullivan1982 BKL – BKL00065945
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Sullivan  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Tioga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Tioga1937 BKL – BKL00066041
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Tioga1978 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Tioga1937 BH
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
Werier (2017) voucher!; S.J. Smith 660 3/6/2018 - David Werier
Tompkins1918 BKL – BKL00066035
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Tompkins  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Ulster  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Ulster1969 OBPF – Log_num: RZ7627
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Ulster2009 BKL – BKL00095833
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Ulster2010 BKL – BKL00097807
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Ulster2011 BKL – BKL00102113
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Ulster2010 BKL – BKL00096233
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Ulster2009 BKL – BKL00095588
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Warren1885 BKL – BKL00066033
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Warren  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Warren1939 PH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Warren1939 HUH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Washington  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Washington1897 BKL – BKL00066042
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Washington  BKL – BKL00066034
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Westchester1888 BKL – BKL00010033
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Westchester1888 BKL – BKL00010034
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Westchester1918 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Westchester1909 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Westchester1939 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Westchester  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Westchester1903 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Westchester  NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Westchester1956 NY
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   
Westchester1888 BKL – BKL00010048
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Westchester1887 BKL – BKL00007369
Herbarium Name Used: Comptonia peregrina
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Yates  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Comptonia peregrina
   

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymTypeNotes
Comptonia peregrina var. asplenifolia Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M. Coult. var. asplenifolia (L.) Fernald   
Myrica asplenifolia Myrica asplenifolia L.