Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pleopeltis michauxiana
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (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
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
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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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 jkm0410j_30
October 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