Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asplenium pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium ×pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-002:
Asplenium pinnatifidum FAMILY Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Asplenium pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium pinnatifidum
COMMON NAME:
Lobed Spleenwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspi_001_lvd
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat1
June Rutherford County NC
Blade broadest at the base, tapering gradually to a long and pointed tip, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat2
June Rutherford County NC
Can resemble Walking Fern, but fronds lobed, with long stipes, more upright, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat4
June Rutherford County NC
Habitat.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat5
June Rutherford County NC
Lower blade distinctly and deeply lobed, upper less so or merely wavy, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221108_0646
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm221108_0648
November Greenville County SC
Sori variable in shape, often massing together as they age, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221108_0652
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm221108_0655
November Greenville County SC
Habitat.
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JK Marlow jkm221108_0675
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm221108_0677
November Greenville County SC
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Samantha Tessel sam110822_0686
November Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asplenium pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium ×pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-002:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Asplenium pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium pinnatifidum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Fairly moist to very dry outcrops of felsic sedimentary or (mostly low-grade) metamorphic rocks, such as sandstone, phyllite, and schist, at low to moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnatifid, or larger leaves pinnate at base
Leaves clustered on a short-creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p090
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p229
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p66
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p106
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p068
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