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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
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Dennstaedtiaceae
Pteridium aquilinum +
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Dennstaedtiaceae
Pteridium aquilinum +
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Pteridaceae
010-05-001
Pteridium aquilinum +
Common Name:
Bracken Fern, Brake
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
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...Moist
...Dry
Leaves:
3-pinnatifid or rarely 3-pinnate
Flower:
Summer/Fall
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p124
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JK Marlow
jkm0205cb_10a
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May
Greenville County
SC
Blades widely triangular to ovate, the basal pinnae projecting forward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0405t_27
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May
Transylvania County
NC
DuPont State Forest
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm080505_044
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May
Spartanburg County
SC
Chinquapin Greenway
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JK Marlow
jkm080505_044b
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May
Spartanburg County
SC
Chinquapin Greenway
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JK Marlow
jkm0511a_18
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November
Haywood County
NC
Turns brown in autumn, but does not wither away until following year, per How to Know the Ferns by Frances Theodora Parsons, 1899.
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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