Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bommeria hispida
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more in Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas.
Read about the discovery of this fern in the Jocassee Gorges of South Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bommeria hispida
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bommeria hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Bommeria hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Bommeria hispida
COMMON NAME:
Copper Fern, Hispid Bommer Fern, Hairy Bommer
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbommeria_hispida
December Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaf blades small, broadly 5-sided in outline (pentagonal), per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbommeria_hispidab
December Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Pinnae with straight needle-like hairs on upper surface, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bommeria hispida
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bommeria hispida
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bommeria hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Bommeria hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Bommeria hispida
4213
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Exposed rock, per Weakley's Flora
Native to southwestern US, with a disjunct population in w. SC
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Evergreen?
Blade pedately divided into 3 main segments, these deeply pinnate-pinnatifid
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes prostrate, long-creeping, often branched
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p226
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p097
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