Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris goldieana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
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Learn more about Dryopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris goldiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dryopteris goldiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-008:
Dryopteris goldiana FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris goldiana ssp. goldiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris goldiana
COMMON NAME:
Goldie's Woodfern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drgo_001_lvd
The epithet is correctly spelled "goldieana", following the ICNafp, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdgoldiana_3849
April
Fiddlehead w glossy scales - note rich brown centers & pale to amber edges, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150508_957
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
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JK Marlow jkm150508_957b
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
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JK Marlow jkm150508_959
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
Stipe long and scaly. Scales long, pointed, glossy and dark with pale edges, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdgoldiana_0467
June
Its genome forms half of the genome of the tetraploid D. celsa, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdgoldiana_0470
June
Pinnae alternate, oblong with pointed tips, deeply cut, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdgoldiana_0490
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdgoldiana_1064
June
One of the largest ferns we have in the woods around eastern North America, per No seeds, no fruits, no flowers: No problem. Adventures in Fern Biology (Sessa).
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JK Marlow jkm140607_648
June Franklin County NC
Highlands Biological Station
Blade mostly oval with parallel sides and abruptly pointed tip, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140607_650
June Franklin County NC
Highlands Biological Station
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JK Marlow jkm140607_650b
June Franklin County NC
Highlands Biological Station
Sori round, in two rows close to midvein. Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm140607_652
June Franklin County NC
Highlands Biological Station
Its genome forms one third of the genome of the hexaploid D. clintoniana, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm180728_3572
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm170818_711
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris goldieana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris goldiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dryopteris goldiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-008:
Dryopteris goldiana
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris goldiana ssp. goldiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris goldiana
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: boulderfield forests, rich cove forests, seepage swamps, especially over calcareous sedimentary or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen/Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in a crown around a ring of buds
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) p160
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p263
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p79
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p199
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p140
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p142
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