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Wikipedia:WikiProject Pteridophytes/Northeastern America Initiative

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Purpose

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The purpose of this initiative is to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the leptosporangiate ferns of northeastern and north-central North America, as covered by the Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America, by Cobb, Farnsworth & Lowe. (Eusporangiate ferns have been omitted for the time being due to the difficulties in their taxonomy.) This scope was chosen as it appears to correspond with the interests of the current members of WikiProject Pteridophyta. The table below allows members of the project to coordinate their efforts to improve fern article quality and referencing, and request photographs of additional species.

Goals

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Some suggested goals for the initiative:

  1. Create articles for all listed ferns.
  2. Raise all articles to Start class or above.
  3. Place inline references for all articles and address other referencing issues.
  4. Organize all articles according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/Template. (A suitable "Description", "Taxonomy", "Distribution and habitat" and "Ecology" section, with others as appropriate.)
  5. Obtain photographs for 90% of articles.
  6. Raise 75% of all articles to B class or above.

Table of Progress

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This table lists, in the order that they occur, the eighty-three leptosporangiate fern species covered in Cobb, Farnsworth & Lowe, as well as three species that enter the given range but are not covered (Argyrochosma dealbata, Myriopteris rufa, and Dryopteris ludoviciana).

After the name of the species, several measures of article quality are assessed. The second column of the table, "Quality" contains the standard Wikipedia Assessment quality ranking of the article. The third column, "Illustration", indicates whether a photo (), drawing (), or no picture (blank) exists of the species on Wikimedia Commons. The fourth column, "References", displays an icon if referencing issues, in general, exist for an article ("citation needed" tags, no references section, etc.) The fifth column, "Inline References", displays an icon if the article lacks inline references. Note that even articles which have inline references may have them deployed in a perfunctory or unsatisfactory fashion. The sixth column, "State", can be used to indicate that an article is currently being worked on (), or that the article has recently updated and needs re-assessment ().

Species Quality Illustration References Inline References State
Adiantum pedatum Stub
Adiantum aleuticum Start
Adiantum viridimontanum FA
Adiantum capillus-veneris Start
Argyrochosma dealbata C
Asplenium bradleyi GA
Asplenium montanum GA
Asplenium pinnatifidum B
Asplenium platyneuron GA
Asplenium resiliens B
Asplenium rhizophyllum C
Asplenium ruta-muraria Start
Asplenium scolopendrium C
Asplenium trichomanes C
Asplenium viride C
Asplenium × ebenoides B
Asplenium septentrionale B
Athyrium filix-femina
cf. Athyrium angustum and Athyrium asplenioides
Start
Azolla caroliniana Start
Myriopteris lanosa B
Myriopteris tomentosa Start
Myriopteris alabamensis C
Myriopteris rufa C
Myriopteris gracilis Stub
Cryptogramma stelleri Stub
Cryptogramma acrostichoides Start
Cystopteris bulbifera Stub
Cystopteris fragilis Stub
Cystopteris protrusa Stub
Cystopteris tenuis Stub
Cystopteris laurentiana Stub
Cystopteris tennesseensis Stub
Dennstaedtia punctilobula Stub
Deparia acrostichoides Start
Homalosorus pycnocarpos B
Dryopteris campyloptera Stub
Dryopteris carthusiana Stub
Dryopteris clintoniana Stub
Dryopteris cristata Stub
Dryopteris filix-mas Start
Dryopteris fragrans Start
Dryopteris goldiana Start
Dryopteris intermedia C
Dryopteris marginalis Start
Dryopteris × boottii ?
Dryopteris celsa Stub
Dryopteris expansa Start
Dryopteris × triploidea ?
Dryopteris ludoviciana Stub
Gymnocarpium dryopteris Start
Gymnocarpium appalachianum ?
Gymnocarpium continentale ?
Gymnocarpium robertianum Start
Lygodium palmatum Stub
Marsilea quadrifolia Start
Matteuccia struthiopteris C
Onoclea sensibilis C
Claytosmunda claytoniana C
Osmunda spectabilis Start
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum Start
Pellaea atropurpurea Stub
Pellaea glabella Stub
Phegopteris connectilis Stub
Phegopteris excelsior ?
Phegopteris hexagonoptera Stub
Pleopeltis michauxiana Stub
Polypodium virginianum Start
Polypodium appalachianum Start
Polystichum acrostichoides Start
Polystichum braunii Stub
Polystichum lonchitis Start
Pteridium aquilinum Start
Schizaea pusilla Stub
Parathelypteris noveboracensis Start
Thelypteris palustris Stub
Coryphopteris simulata Start
Vandenboschia boschiana Start
Crepidomanes intricatum Stub
Vittaria appalachiana Stub
Woodsia alpina Start
Woodsia glabella ?
Woodsia ilvensis Start
Woodsia obtusa Stub
Woodsia scopulina
recognize Woodsia appalachiana?
Stub
Physematium oreganum Stub
Lorinseria areolata Stub
Anchistea virginica Start