Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia


1132

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it on moist rocks, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnatifid
Leaves in linear rows on widely spreading and creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Polypodium virginianum   FAMILY Polypodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polypodium virginianum   FAMILY Polypodiaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 014-01-001:
Polypodium virginianum   FAMILY Polypodiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Rockcap Fern