3415

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare (or overlooked) north of Georgia Coastal Plain, where it is uncommon

Look for it in moist ditch banks, grassy roadside flats, lawns, cemeteries, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Leaf consists of a simple sterile blade & an erect, spike-like fertile segment

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p024
• The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p185

Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides var. crotalophoroides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides var. nanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-001:
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides