Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris carthusiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
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Learn more about Dryopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris carthusiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dryopteris carthusiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-003:
Dryopteris spinulosa FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris austriaca var. spinulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris spinulosa var. spinulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris spinulosa
COMMON NAME:
Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_drca11_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drsp4_001_lvd
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_9507
May
Sori small, midway between midvein and margin, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_9511
May
Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, with minute pinhead glands, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_9519
May
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2583
August
Tends to form clumps, because of short-creeping rhizome, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2586
August
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2680
September
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2680c
September
Spine-tipped toothed margin with tips curving slightly near pinnule tip, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2686
September
Innermost lower pinnule in basal pinnae 2x as long as opposing upper pinnule, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2698
September
Nearly the same width at base as at middle; often light to yellow-green, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris carthusiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris carthusiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dryopteris carthusiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-003:
Dryopteris spinulosa
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris austriaca var. spinulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris spinulosa var. spinulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris spinulosa
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Acidic, organic-rich bogs, swamps, less frequently in moist rocky ravines, rich forests, and sloping rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Pinnule margins finely toothed and spine-tipped
LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in a short row behind an irregular cluster 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) p164
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p132
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