Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Amauropelta noveboracensis
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
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Learn more about Parathelypteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris noveboracensis
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thelypteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Thelypteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-003:
Thelypteris noveboracensis FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris noveboracensis
COMMON NAME:
New York Fern
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drno4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230428_2941
April Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
An opportunistic species that forms large colonies in forest openings, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm150509_996
May Dawson County GA
Dawson Forest WMA
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JK Marlow jkm190520_8507
May Greenville County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtnoveboracensi_brp229
May Alleghaney County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Some say "New Yorkers burn the candle at both ends" to remember this fern, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow s090607_01
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Lowest pinnae often minute in size, borne almost to ground level, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_431
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Sori small, circular, near margins of lobes, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm120704_431b
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Indusium kidney-shaped, pale tan, slightly hairy, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Tim Spira tpstnoveboracensis
Month Unknown
Distinctive in that the leaves taper about equally both to tip and base, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Amauropelta noveboracensis
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris noveboracensis
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thelypteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Thelypteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-003:
Thelypteris noveboracensis
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris noveboracensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris noveboracensis
1505
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic forests, bottomland forests, bogs, submesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in tufts near tips of a widely branching creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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) p148
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p189
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p55
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p124
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p203
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p152
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p174
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p210
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p451
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