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Learn more about Polypodium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Polypodium virginianum
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polypodium virginianum
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 014-01-001:
Polypodium virginianum
FAMILY
Polypodiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Rockcap Fern, Rock Polypody
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_povu3_001_lvd
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April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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May Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Emily B. Sessa ebspvirgianum_2127
July
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Emily B. Sessa ebspvirgianum_2242
July
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Emily B. Sessa ebspvirgianum_2249
July
Blade leathery, to 3" wide, widest near the middle or evenly wide, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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July Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
P. appalachianum & P. virginianum somewhat cryptic, and field id problematic, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4315
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaf blade without scales on lower surface (vs. Pleopeltis densely scaly), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Emily B. Sessa ebspvirgianum_4881
September
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JK Marlow jkm150927_216
September Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Lobes diminishing evenly & rapidly in size to a prominent tip at blade end, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150927_219
September Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Large, round, pale brown sori, more numerous on upper pinnae, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.