OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Onoclea sensibilis   FAMILY Onocleaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Onoclea sensibilis   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Onoclea sensibilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Onoclea sensibilis var. sensibilis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-07-001:

Onoclea sensibilis   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Onoclea sensibilis

 

COMMON NAME:
Sensitive Fern, Bead Fern


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_onse_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_onse_004_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm120414_884

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Pinnae of fertile blade erect, 2-7cm long, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

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Emily B. Sessa    ebsosensibilis_9542

May        

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Emily B. Sessa    ebsosensibilis_9546

May        

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JK Marlow    jkm0305o_21

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

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JK Marlow    jkm0505k_28

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

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Emily B. Sessa    ebsosensibilis_3517

June        

Pinnae have undulate to shallowly lobed margins, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm0506l_29

June    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Pinnae tend to be opposite (those of Woodwardia areolata tend to be alternate), per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    jkm060619_013

June    Greenville County    SC


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Emily B. Sessa    ebsosensibilis_1759

July        

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JK Marlow    jkm070702_116

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

The rachis is winged, joining the opposite pinnae to each other , per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmosensibilis_3

July?        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_o_sensibilis_se

September        

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JK Marlow    s070927_i

September    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Fertile leaves are much reduced, but taller, narrower, and twice-pinnate, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

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JK Marlow    s070927_j

September    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Fertile leaves' pinna lobes tightly rolled around the sori, "beadlike", per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm231008_5893

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

"Sensitive" to cold (not to touch) and withering at the first touch of frost, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Onoclea sensibilis   FAMILY Onocleaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Onoclea sensibilis   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Onoclea sensibilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Onoclea sensibilis var. sensibilis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-07-001:
Onoclea sensibilis   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Onoclea sensibilis

 

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986

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, swamps, ditches, wet disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Sterile blade pinnatifid/ Fertile blade 2-pinnate
Leaves irregularly spaced along a widely creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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