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Your search found 8 taxa.

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Common Name: Japanese Climbing Fern
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Lygodium japonicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lygodium japonicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Lygodium japonicum 008-01-002

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Common Name: Southern Lady Fern
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Athyrium asplenioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Athyrium asplenioides 011-01-001
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933) Athyrium asplenioides

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Common Name: Silvery Glade Fern, Silvery Spleenwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Deparia acrostichoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Deparia acrostichoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Athyrium thelypterioides 011-01-002
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933) Diplazium acrostichoides

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Common Name: Christmas Fern
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Polystichum acrostichoides
GREATER THAN PLANTS National Database: Polystichum acrostichoides var. acrostichoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Polystichum acrostichoides 011-05-001
GREATER THAN PLANTS National Database Polystichum acrostichoides var. lonchitoides

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Common Name: Mariana Maiden Fern, Swordfern
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Macrothelypteris torresiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Macrothelypteris torresiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Thelypteris torresiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933) Dryopteris setigera

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Common Name: Sensitive Fern, Bead Fern
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Onoclea sensibilis var. sensibilis
LESS THAN PLANTS National Database: Onoclea sensibilis
LESS THAN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Onoclea sensibilis 011-07-001

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Common Name: Netted Chain Fern, Net-veined Chain Fern
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Lorinseria areolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodwardia areolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Woodwardia areolata 012-01-002
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933) Lorinseria areolata

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Common Name: Ebony Spleenwort
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Asplenium platyneuron
GREATER THAN PLANTS National Database: Asplenium platyneuron +
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Asplenium platyneuron 013-01-003

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