Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypolepis tenuifolia
FAMILY
Dennstaedtiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypolepis tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of China
Hypolepis tenuifolia
COMMON NAME:
Spineless Bramble Fern, Soft Ground-fern
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypolepis tenuifolia
FAMILY
Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypolepis tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Hypolepis tenuifolia
4020
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical east Asia & South Pacific islands
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stipe and rachis smooth, lacking prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
3-4-pinnate-pinnatifid
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes long-creeping, deeply buried
FRUIT:
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