OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phegopteris hexagonoptera   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phegopteris hexagonoptera   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-002:

Thelypteris hexagonoptera   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Dryopteris hexagonoptera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

 

COMMON NAME:
Broad Beech Fern


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_drhe3_001_lvd

        

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm150412_260c

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2760

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_041721atlanta20

April    DeKalb County    GA

Native Plant Botanical Garden, Perimeter College, Georgia State University

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_broadbeech_fern

May        

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm120617_998

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm170624_263

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm170624_264

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    s050625_a

June    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Blades widely triangular, as wide or wider than long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm201107_8099

November    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

Blade distinctly triangular. Pinnae connected along rachis by winged tissue, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm211106_4740

November    Pickens County    SC

Palmetto Trail

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm211106_4741

November    Pickens County    SC

Palmetto Trail

Sori small, round, marginal, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm211106_4840

November    Pickens County    SC

Palmetto Trail

image of Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern

JK Marlow    jkm221103_0528

November    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phegopteris hexagonoptera   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phegopteris hexagonoptera   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Phegopteris hexagonoptera

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-002:
Thelypteris hexagonoptera   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris hexagonoptera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1503

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to submesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnatifid
Leaves spaced along a creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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