Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dryopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dryopteris intermedia
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris intermedia
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-002:
Dryopteris intermedia
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris spinulosa var. intermedia
COMMON NAME:
Evergreen Wood-fern, Fancy Fern, Intermediate Wood-fern
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JK Marlow s100207_ab
February Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Its genome forms half of that of tetraploids D. campyloptera & carthusiana, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Emily B. Sessa ebsdintermedia_0046
June
Sori small, round, medial, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
Emily B. Sessa ebsdintermedia_0048
June
Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped with minute pinhead glands, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
Emily B. Sessa ebsdintermedia_0313
June
Sori small, between midvein and margin, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Emily B. Sessa ebsdintermedia_0408
June
Rachis with glandular hairs, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Emily B. Sessa ebsdintermedia_3540
June
Pinnae oblong, sides parallel > half the length, at right angles to rachis, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu87330
June Pickens County SC
Evergreen. Blade oval to narrowly triangular, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Emily B. Sessa ebsdintermedia_1892
July
Delicate fronds rise in upright circular clusters from a central rhizome, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Emily B. Sessa ebsdintermedia_2701
September
Middle to lower pinnae nearly the same length, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow jkm090905_065
September Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Basal pinnae lower innermost pinnules longer than upper innermost pinnules, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow jkm090905_077
September Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Light brown scales at base of stipe, scattered above, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.