Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
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Coryphopteris simulata has a superficial similarity to (and grows in similar, saturated habitats as) the more common Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens. Coryphoteris simulata has veins of the pinna-lobes unbranched, the lower leaf surface with sessile, reddish, resinous glands, and the lower surface of the costae lacking scales (vs. veins of the pinna-lobes mostly Y-forked, lower leaf surface lacking glands, and lower surface of the costae with persistent ovate scales in Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens), per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-005:
Thelypteris palustris FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris thelypteris var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris thelypteris
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Fern
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Pinnae cut nearly to midvein into rounded or blunt-tipped lobes, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-005:
Thelypteris palustris
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris thelypteris var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris thelypteris
1506
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, marshes (including freshwater tidal marshes), and bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves closely spaced along a widely creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
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) p146
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p304
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p191
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p56
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p212
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