Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-004:
Asplenium trichomanes FAMILY Aspleniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium trichomanes
COMMON NAME:
Maidenhair Spleenwort
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JK Marlow jkm150424_776
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Blade 3-15cm long and about 1cm wide, tapering slightly at both ends, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
JK Marlow jkm150424_777
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Old leaf rachises often with persistent projections left from the disarticulation of the pinnae, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Emily B. Sessa ebs_atrichomanes_0239
June
Rachis dark purple-brown, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
Tim Spira tps_atrichomanes_spray
June
Pinnae ~ 1/4" long, rounded or slightly oval, opposite and slightly stalked, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow jkm160702_199
July Jackson County NC
Sori elongate along veins; indusia attached along one side of the sori, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-004:
Asplenium trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium trichomanes