OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ophioglossum pycnostichum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum vulgatum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ophioglossum vulgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Ophioglossum vulgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Ophioglossum vulgatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-004:

Ophioglossum vulgatum var. pycnostichum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Ophioglossum vulgatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Adder's-tongue


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image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

Don Lewis    tdl_1086

March?    Greenville County    SC

Firefly Forest

image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1146

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Sporangia fused together in two partially buried rows on erect stalk, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).


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image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

JK Marlow    jkm210408_9377

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

Roxanna Martin    rlm4211_44

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

Roxanna Martin    rlm4910_047

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Blade is oval, rounded at top with broad, abruptly tapering base, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

Betsy George    bmg_39

May    Greenville County    SC

Ophioglossum's chromosome numbers are the highest known in all vascular plants, per Flora of North America.

image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

Gill Newberry    gil_ophioglossum_duo

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

Gill Newberry    gil_ophioglossumtwins

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Ophioglossum pycnostichum, Southern Adder's-tongue

JK Marlow    jkm110522_677

May    Greenville County    SC

Firefly Forest

Elusive, 4-10" tall, withering in midsummer, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ophioglossum pycnostichum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum vulgatum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ophioglossum vulgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Ophioglossum vulgatum

INCLUDED WITHIN The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Ophioglossum vulgatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-004:
Ophioglossum vulgatum var. pycnostichum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Ophioglossum vulgatum

 

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2233

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomland forests, moist loamy soils of successional forests and old fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Leaf consists of a simple sterile blade & an erect, spike-like fertile segment

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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