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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
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Dryopteridaceae
Polystichum acrostichoides
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database:
Dryopteridaceae
Polystichum acrostichoides var. acrostichoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Aspidiaceae
011-05-001
Polystichum acrostichoides
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database:
Polystichum acrostichoides var. lonchitoides
Common Name:
Christmas Fern
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Evergreen
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in moist to dry forests & woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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...Moist
...Dry
Leaves:
1-pinnate
Flower:
Fruit:
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p120
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p202
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Jerry Bright
jeb_031508_071
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March
Aiken County
SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow
jkm0403c_31
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March
Oconee County
SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm080420_005
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April
Sevier County
TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow
jkm0305r_02
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May
Haywood County
NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
s000615_g
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June
Greenville County
SC
Creekside/Riverside
Fertile pinnae are constricted, widely spaced, & confined to leaf apex, per Ferns of the Smokies
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
s000615_h
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June
Greenville County
SC
Creekside/Riverside
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
s030628_g
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June
Greenville County
SC
Creekside/Riverside
Sori nearly cover the underside of fertile pinnae, per Ferns of the Smokies.
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0108b_10
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August
Oconee County
SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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