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Your search found 5 taxa in the family Cystopteridaceae, Brittle Fern Family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Lowland Bladder Fern, Spreading Bladder Fern
Look for it in rich woods or on moss- and soil-covered talus in boulderfields, occasionally on ledges of rock outcrops
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont & Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bulblet Bladder Fern, Bulblet Fern
Look for it on moist outcrops and talus of calcareous rocks, rarely up to 1500m in elevation
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont (rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it on moist to dry outcrops of calcareous rocks, including coquina limestone ("marl") in the outer Coastal Plain
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fragile Fern, Brittle Fern, Brittle Bladder Fern
Look for it on cliffs, ascending in our area to 1650m
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Mackay's Bladder Fern, Mackay's Fragile Fern, Upland Bladder Fern
Look for it on moist outcrops and cliffs of metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, occasionally in moist soils near rock outcrops or moist soil banks
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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