NameThatPlant.net: Cystopteris fragilis

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cystopteris fragilis FAMILY Cystopteridaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris fragilis FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

COMMON NAME:
Fragile Fern, Brittle Fern, Brittle Bladder Fern

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cystopteris fragilis FAMILY Cystopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris fragilis FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Cliffs, ascending in our area to 1650 m, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid ?
Leaves clustered at tip of a short-creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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