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Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lorinseria areolata
FAMILY
Blechnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Woodwardia areolata
FAMILY
Blechnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 012-01-002:
Woodwardia areolata
FAMILY
Blechnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lorinseria areolata
COMMON NAME:
Netted Chain Fern, Net-veined Chain Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_loar7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_woar_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150412_242
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm150412_245
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Emily B. Sessa ebswareolata_4766
June
Pinnae tend to be acute or acuminate (vs. Onoclea's obtuse), per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
fronds of Netted Chain Fern and Sensitive Fern
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JK Marlow s030628_de
June Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
[Sterile frond on left, fertile on right.] Leaves strongly dimorphic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0007c_12
July Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_woodwardia_areolata_4
August
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JK Marlow jkm091006_010
October Greenville County SC
Prominent veins conspicuously netted, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm091006_016
October Greenville County SC
Sori are large, elongate, and in two chains like links of sausage, per Ferns of the Smokies.
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JK Marlow jkm101112_128
November Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Fertile leaves are 1-pinnate, much contracted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s071123_a2
November Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
Pinnae of fertile leaves with 2 rows of linear sori; indusia firm & persistent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
fertile fronds of Netted Chain Fern and Sensitive Fern