Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium rhizophyllum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium rhizophyllum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asplenium rhizophyllum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-001:
Asplenium rhizophyllum FAMILY Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Camptosorus rhizophyllus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Camptosorus rhizophyllus
COMMON NAME:
Walking Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_carh8_001_lvd
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Ron Lance rwl_a_rhizophyllum
February Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0503c_19
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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Keith Bradley kab_a_rhizophyllum_0906
March Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_rhizophyllum_7
March
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_arhizophyllum_7826
April
Sori scattered irregularly throughout blade at vein junctures, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140418_338
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fronds narrowly linear-deltoid with long fine tip. Tips touch ground & root, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140418_154638
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_arhizophyllum_2518
July
Blade usually heart-shaped or somewhat eared at base, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_arhizophyllum_2521
July
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_arhizophyllum_4913b
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium rhizophyllum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium rhizophyllum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asplenium rhizophyllum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-001:
Asplenium rhizophyllum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Camptosorus rhizophyllus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Camptosorus rhizophyllus
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist outcrops of calcareous sedimentary, calcareous metamorphic, or mafic metamorphic rocks, such as limestone, dolostone, calcareous siltstone, amphibolite, mostly at low to moderate elevations, rarely to 1500 m or higher, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - narrowly deltate to linear-lanceolate
Leaves clustered, radiating from a short erect rhizome
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p106
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p223
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p61
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p195
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p140
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p151
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p074
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p339
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