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Learn more about Autumn Fern from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Dryopteris erythrosora
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Autumn Fern, Japanese Red Shield Fern, Japanese Shield Fern
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JK Marlow jkm190614_9130
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Costa with abundant blistered-looking scales. Sori medial or submedial, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm190614_9140
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
This species seems to be on its way to being an aggressive invasive, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm200911_7187
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Fronds twice-divided, 1-2' long, per New Invaders of the Southeast.