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Your search found 37 taxa in the family Aspidiaceae, a fern family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Southern Lady Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Athyrium asplenioides FAMILY: Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Athyrium asplenioides 011-01-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Lady Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Athyrium angustum FAMILY: Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, rock outcrops on grassy balds at high elevations
Rare
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Common Name:
Silvery Glade Fern, Silvery Spleenwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Deparia acrostichoides FAMILY: Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Deparia acrostichoides FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Athyrium thelypterioides 011-01-002 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, cove forests
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Glade Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa FAMILY: Diplaziopsidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Diplazium pycnocarpon FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Athyrium pycnocarpon 011-01-003 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Very nutrient-rich, loamy or seepy forests, over calcareous sedimentary (such as limestone or dolostone) or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks (such as greenstone or amphibolite)
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Painted Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Anisocampium niponicum FAMILY: Athyriaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, lawns; commonly planted as an ornamental, rarely naturalizing. This common suburban ornamental (forma picta) spreads locally from plantings; it seems only a matter of time before it begins to naturalize more widely
Rare
Non-native: Japan
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Common Name:
Japanese Lady Fern, Japanese false spleenwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Deparia petersenii FAMILY: Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Deparia petersonii FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, wet hammocks, moist banks, disturbed areas
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: southeast Asia
Common Name:
Rusty Cliff Fern, Rusty Woodsia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Woodsia ilvensis FAMILY: Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodsia ilvensis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Woodsia ilvensis 011-02-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Cliffs of amphibolite, greenstone, other rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Appalachian Woodsia, Appalachian Cliff Fern, Mountain Woodsia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Woodsia appalachiana FAMILY: Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodsia appalachiana FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Woodsia scopulina 011-02-002 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: On cliffs of sandstone, shale, granite, granitic gneiss, and hornblende gneiss
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blunt-lobed Cliff Fern, Common Woodsia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa FAMILY: Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Woodsia obtusa 011-02-003 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops of various sorts, moist talus, terrestrial near rock outcrops
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Lowland Bladder Fern, Spreading Bladder Fern
Weakley's Flora: (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): Cystopteris protrusa 011-03-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Rich woods or on moss- and soil-covered talus in boulderfields, occasionally on ledges of rock outcrops
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in SC Mountains & in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bulblet Bladder Fern, Bulblet Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cystopteris bulbifera FAMILY: Cystopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cystopteris bulbifera FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cystopteris bulbifera 011-03-002 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist outcrops and talus of calcareous rocks, rarely up to 1500 m elevation
Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Tennessee Bladder Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cystopteris tennesseensis FAMILY: Cystopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cystopteris tennesseensis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cystopteris tennesseensis 011-03-003 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry outcrops of calcareous rocks, including coquina limestone (‘marl’) in the outer Coastal Plain
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fragile Fern, Brittle Fern, Brittle Bladder Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cystopteris fragilis FAMILY: Cystopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cystopteris fragilis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Cliffs, ascending in our area to 1650 m
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Mackay's Bladder Fern, Mackay's Fragile Fern, Upland Bladder Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cystopteris tenuis FAMILY: Cystopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cystopteris tenuis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Moist outcrops and cliffs of metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, occasionally in moist soils near rock outcrops or moist soil banks
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Marginal Woodfern, Marginal Shield-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dryopteris marginalis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris marginalis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris marginalis 011-04-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, boulderfield forests, other rocky forests
Common in Mountains, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Evergreen Woodfern, Fancy Fern, Intermediate Woodfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dryopteris intermedia FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris intermedia FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris intermedia 011-04-002 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, other moist, rocky forests, over a variety of substrates
Common in Mountains, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Spinulose Woodfern, Toothed Woodfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dryopteris carthusiana FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris carthusiana FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris spinulosa 011-04-003 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Acidic, organic-rich bogs, swamps, less frequently in moist rocky ravines, rich forests, and sloping rock outcrops
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Woodfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dryopteris campyloptera FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris campyloptera FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris campyloptera 011-04-004 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Crested Woodfern, Crested Shield-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dryopteris cristata FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris cristata FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris cristata 011-04-005 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Bogs, swamp forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Woodfern, Southern Shield-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dryopteris ludoviciana FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris ludoviciana FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris ludoviciana 011-04-006 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Blackwater swamp forests, hammocks
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Woodfern, Southern Shield-fern, Dixie Woodfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dryopteris australis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris ×australis [celsa × ludoviciana] FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Swamps, bottomlands, mesic forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Log Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dryopteris celsa FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris celsa FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris celsa 011-04-007 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Swamps, seepage bogs, and calcareous floodplains, typically associated with calcareous substrates
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Goldie's Woodfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dryopteris goldieana FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dryopteris goldiana FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dryopteris goldiana 011-04-008 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Boulderfield forests, rich cove forests, seepage swamps, especially over calcareous sedimentary or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks
Uncommon in Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Autumn Fern, Japanese Red Shield-fern, Japanese Shield-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dryopteris erythrosora FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, especially in ravines and along creeks
Uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare elsewhere
Non-native: Japan, China & Korea
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Common Name:
Christmas Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Polystichum acrostichoides FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Polystichum acrostichoides FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polystichum acrostichoides 011-05-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially slopes, ravines, and small stream bottomlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyrtomium falcatum FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyrtomium falcatum FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Ditches, disturbed swamps, moist ravines, old mortar of brick walls
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Fortune's Holly-fern, Fortune's Net-veined Holly Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyrtomium fortunei FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cyrtomium fortunei FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Roadside banks, rock outcrops, old mortar of brick walls
Rare
Non-native: southeast China
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Common Name:
Northern Beech Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phegopteris connectilis FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phegopteris connectilis FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thelypteris phegopteris 011-06-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Moist cliffs where wet by spray from waterfalls (at medium elevations), also on high elevation cliffs wet by seepage and in spruce-fir forests, northward in cool ravines and on swamp borders
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Broad Beech Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phegopteris hexagonoptera FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phegopteris hexagonoptera FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thelypteris hexagonoptera 011-06-002 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Mesic to submesic forests
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
New York Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Amauropelta noveboracensis FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thelypteris noveboracensis FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thelypteris noveboracensis 011-06-003 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, bottomland forests, bogs, submesic forests
Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Bog Fern, Massachusetts Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Coryphopteris simulata FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thelypteris simulata FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
Habitat: In NC and WV in acid peat bogs at about 1000 meters in elevation, in DE, NJ, and VA in acid seepage swamps in the Coastal Plain
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Pelazoneuron kunthii FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thelypteris kunthii FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thelypteris kunthii 011-06-004 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Coquina limestone (‘marl’) outcrops, calcareous bluffs and sinkhole slopes, also adventive on and around coquina limestone (marl) riprap around small bridges and ditches and in suburban forests
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Coastal Plain of SC & GA (naturalized elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Common Name:
Downy Maiden-fern, Soft Fern, Downy Shield-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Christella dentata FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thelypteris dentata FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, hammocks, streambanks, swamps, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: tropical & subtropical Asia & Africa
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Common Name:
Marsh Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thelypteris palustris 011-06-005 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes (including freshwater tidal marshes), and bottomland forests
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mariana Maiden-fern, Swordfern, False Maiden-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Macrothelypteris torresiana FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Macrothelypteris torresiana FAMILY: Thelypteridaceae
Habitat: Wet hammocks, cypress swamps, streamsides, moist forests, disturbed areas, increasingly invasive in natural habitats (especially in the southern parts of our area)
Uncommon (rare in NC) (rare in SC Mountains)
Non-native: Asian & African tropics
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Common Name:
Sensitive Fern, Bead Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Onoclea sensibilis FAMILY: Onocleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Onoclea sensibilis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Onoclea sensibilis 011-07-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swamps, ditches, wet disturbed places
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrow Sword Fern, Tuber Sword Fern, Fishbone Fern, Ladder Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nephrolepis cordifolia var. cordifolia FAMILY: Nephrolepidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Nephrolepis cordifolia FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
Habitat: Swamps and hammocks, disturbed moist and wet areas; probably not native in FL (or other states of the Southeastern US)
Rare
Non-native
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