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 carthusiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris carthusiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 011-04-003:
Dryopteris spinulosa
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Spinulose Wood-fern, Toothed Wood-fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_drca11_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drsp4_001_lvd
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_9507
May
Sori small, midway between midvein and margin, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_9511
May
Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, with minute pinhead glands, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_9519
May
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2583
August
Tends to form clumps, because of short-creeping rhizome, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2586
August
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2680
September
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2680c
September
Spine-tipped toothed margin with tips curving slightly near pinnule tip, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2686
September
Innermost basal pinnule in basal pinnae 2x as long as upper pinnule, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcarthusiana_2698
September
Nearly the same width at base as at middle; often light to yellow-green, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.