Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Deparia acrostichoides
FAMILY
Athyriaceae
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Learn more about Deparia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deparia acrostichoides
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Deparia acrostichoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-01-002:
Athyrium thelypterioides FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Diplazium acrostichoides
COMMON NAME:
Silvery Glade Fern, Silvery Spleenwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_22448_orig
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JK Marlow jkm230322_1936
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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Alan S. Weakley asw_617748583247770
April SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm150423_593
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Grooves of costa not connected to groove of rachis [unlike Lady Fern], per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7332
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7334
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7336
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7339
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm160702_154
July Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm220701_8820
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Two oblong or slightly s-shaped vascular bundles, per Hardy Fern Library.
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JK Marlow jkm220701_8821
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220701_8826
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_072022SHighlandsRes04
July Transylvania County NC
Southern Highlands Reserve, Lake Toxaway
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JK Marlow jkm140809_469
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Pinnae narrow, sessile, deeply cut into rounded almost square-ended lobes, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140809_470
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm140809_471
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm140809_473b
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Rachis pale green, slightly scaly, hairy, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_702
September Spartanburg County SC
Sori long & narrow in a herringbone pattern, silvery first, then blue-gray, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_703
September Spartanburg County SC
Rather tall soft green fern, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_712b
September Spartanburg County SC
Silvery sori prominent, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_718
September Spartanburg County SC
Pinnae with long acuminate apex. Deeply cut into blunt-ended segments, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm130928_725
September Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0553
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0557
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Deparia acrostichoides
FAMILY
Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deparia acrostichoides
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Deparia acrostichoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-01-002:
Athyrium thelypterioides
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Diplazium acrostichoides
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, cove forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, 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 clustered irregularly along short-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) p116
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p247
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p70
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p197
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p152
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p120
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