...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
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Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asplenium platyneuron
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium platyneuron +
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-003:
Asplenium platyneuron
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Ebony Spleenwort
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_7982
April
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_8842
April
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_8844
April
A row of sori on each side of pinna midvein, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm100427_027
April Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asplenium_platyneuron
April
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Gill Newberry gn05_ebonyspleenwort_sori
May
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JK Marlow jkm0505a_36
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Its rigid grace suggests a combination of delicacy and endurance, per How to Know the Ferns by Frances Theodora Parsons, 1899.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_platyneuron_3
May
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_0261
June
Pinnae alternate, with superior auricles; sessile, bases overlapping rachis, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_0266
June
Indusia laterally attached, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_22
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm130708_392
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s071208_b
December Greenville County SC