OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Pelazoneuron kunthii   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris kunthii   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Christella normalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Cyclosorus kunthii

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

Thelypteris kunthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Thelypteris kunthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Thelypteris kunthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-004:

Thelypteris kunthii   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Thelypteris normalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern


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image of Pelazoneuron kunthii, Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern

Keith Bradley    kab_t_kunthii_72799

March    Miami-Dade County    FL

Blade lanceolate, pinnae long-oblong, both with long tapering tips, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Pelazoneuron kunthii, Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern

Alan S. Weakley    asw_880721203027149

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

image of Pelazoneuron kunthii, Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern

JK Marlow    jkm190423_7578

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Unexpectedly found in a quarried granite "wall" cozied up to Netted Chain Fern.

image of Pelazoneuron kunthii, Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern

Will Stuart    wil_4819342939_9ae5c20bf6

July    Mecklenburg County    NC

In cultivation

Veins and midveins very long-hairy beneath. Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Pelazoneuron kunthii, Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern

Will Stuart    wil_4819988454_47a3eb2f92

July    Mecklenburg County    NC

In cultivation

Sori medial. Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, hairy, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Pelazoneuron kunthii, Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern

Will Stuart    wil_4819994498_5dce3ab382

July    Mecklenburg County    NC

In cultivation

image of Pelazoneuron kunthii, Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern

Sharleen Johnson    shj_670848397871176

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Pelazoneuron kunthii   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris kunthii   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Christella normalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cyclosorus kunthii

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thelypteris kunthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Thelypteris kunthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-004:
Thelypteris kunthii   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris normalis

 

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1504

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Coquina limestone (‘marl’) outcrops, calcareous bluffs and sinkhole slopes, also adventive on and around coquina limestone (marl) riprap around small bridges and ditches and in suburban forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of SC & GA (naturalized elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in two short rows on a short-creeping rhizome

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short-creeping

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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