Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pleopeltis michauxiana
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 014-01-002:
Polypodium polypodioides
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polypodium polypodioides var. michauxianum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marginaria polypodioides
COMMON NAME:
Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody
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JK Marlow jkm0502a_14
February Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Fronds curl up when dry, revive with rain, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm150228_784
February Charleston County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0303g_11
March Beaufort County SC
Hunting Island State Park
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JK Marlow jkm140420_450
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Outlines of the sori appear as raised bumps on upper side of pinnae, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140420_453
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Sori submarginal on the lobes of the pinnatifid blade, without indusia, per Ferns of the Smokies.
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JK Marlow jkm140420_455
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1095
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Undersurfaces have pointed gray scales with dark reddish brown centers, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3839
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_p_polypod_micha_09153
April Collier County FL
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Tim Spira tpsppolypodioides2
April
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JK Marlow jkm220605_8251
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220605_8254
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Pinnae oblong with obtuse tips, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Teri Nye nye_pleopeltis_scales
Month Unknown Glynn County GA
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pleopeltis michauxiana
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 014-01-002:
Polypodium polypodioides
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polypodium polypodioides var. michauxianum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Marginaria polypodioides
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: On tree limbs and trunks (especially when leaning) in a wide variety of forest types, especially southwards, and less typically (but not uncommonly) on rocks, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnatifid
Leaves spaced along a creeping, much-branched rhizome
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p042
- Ferns of Alabama p285
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p357
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p190
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p087
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p425