...Moist
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Deparia acrostichoides
FAMILY
Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deparia acrostichoides
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 011-01-002:
Athyrium thelypterioides
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Diplazium acrostichoides
COMMON NAME:
Silvery Glade Fern, Silvery Spleenwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_22448_orig
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JK Marlow jkm150423_593
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Grooves of costa not connected to groove of rachis [unlike Lady Fern], per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160702_154
July Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140809_469
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Pinnae narrow, sessile, deeply cut into rounded almost square-ended lobes, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140809_470
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm140809_471
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm140809_473b
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Rachis pale green, slightly scaly, hairy, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_702
September Spartanburg County SC
Sori long & narrow in a herringbone pattern, silvery first, then blue-gray, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_703
September Spartanburg County SC
Rather tall soft green fern, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_712b
September Spartanburg County SC
Silvery sori prominent, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_718
September Spartanburg County SC
Pinnae with long acuminate apex. Deeply cut into blunt-ended segments, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_725
September Spartanburg County SC