OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris protrusa   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-03-001:

Cystopteris protrusa   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Lowland Bladder Fern, Spreading Bladder Fern

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris protrusa   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-03-001:
 Cystopteris protrusa   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

 

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Rich woods or on moss- and soil-covered talus in boulderfields, occasionally on ledges of rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in SC Mountains & in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves scattered along a creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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