OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Deparia acrostichoides   FAMILY Athyriaceae   Go to FSUS key



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.

image of Deparia acrostichoides, Silvery Glade Fern, Silvery Spleenwort

JK Marlow    jkm220701_8821

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Deparia acrostichoides, Silvery Glade Fern, Silvery Spleenwort

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.

image of Deparia acrostichoides, Silvery Glade Fern, Silvery Spleenwort

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

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves clustered irregularly along short-creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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