OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ophioglossum engelmannii   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum engelmannii   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ophioglossum engelmannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ophioglossum engelmannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Ophioglossum engelmannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Ophioglossum engelmannii

 

COMMON NAME:
 Engelmann's Adder's-tongue, Limestone Adder's-tongue

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image of Ophioglossum engelmannii, Engelmann's Adder's-tongue, Limestone Adder's-tongue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_open_001_lvd

        

image of Ophioglossum engelmannii, Engelmann's Adder's-tongue, Limestone Adder's-tongue

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_o_engelmannii_3

April        

The veins of sterile blades form 2 sets of areoles: fine bounded by coarse, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ophioglossum engelmannii   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum engelmannii   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Ophioglossum engelmannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Ophioglossum engelmannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
 Ophioglossum engelmannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
 Ophioglossum engelmannii

 

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3742

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Dry barrens and glades over calcareous rocks, very rarely on granite, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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