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Your search found 3 taxa in the family Osmundaceae, Royal Fern family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Cinnamon Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Osmundastrum cinnamomeum FAMILY: Osmundaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Osmunda cinnamomea var. cinnamomea FAMILY: Osmundaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Osmunda cinnamomea 007-01-001 FAMILY: Osmundaceae
Habitat: Bogs, peatlands, pocosins, wet savannas, floodplains, blackwater stream swamps, marshes, and other wetlands, less typically in merely mesic or even dry-mesic forests, especially if seasonally sub-irrigated
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Interrupted Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Claytosmunda claytoniana FAMILY: Osmundaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Osmunda claytoniana FAMILY: Osmundaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Osmunda claytoniana 007-01-002 FAMILY: Osmundaceae
Habitat: Upland forests, woodlands, and balds, moist to rather dry
Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Royal Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Osmunda spectabilis FAMILY: Osmundaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis FAMILY: Osmundaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis 007-01-003 FAMILY: Osmundaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes (including tidal), moist forests, floodplains, swamp forests, and other wetlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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