OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pteris multifida   FAMILY Pteridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pteris multifida   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pteris multifida

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

Pteris multifida

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-06-001:

Pteris multifida   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Pycnodoria multifida

 

COMMON NAME:
Spider Brake, Wall Fern, Huguenot Fern


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image of Pteris multifida, Spider Brake, Wall Fern, Huguenot Fern

Keith Bradley    kab_pteris_multifida_0276

January    Richland County    SC

Three Rivers Greenway

Each leaf has 3-7 pr of pinnae: the basal, at least, with lobes or divisions, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pteris multifida   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pteris multifida   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pteris multifida

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-06-001:
Pteris multifida   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Pycnodoria multifida

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1170

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Old walls with lime mortar, dams, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Paleotropics

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Divided pedately below & pinnately above into 5-7 long narrow segments
Leaves clustered on a short erect rhizome

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizome slender

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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