Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-004:
Asplenium trichomanes FAMILY Aspleniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium trichomanes
COMMON NAME:
Maidenhair Spleenwort
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2169
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Petiole and rachis reddish-brown or blackish-brown, shiny, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2174
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2184
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Pinnae subopposite to alternate, minutely crenulate to serrulate to subentire, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm150424_777
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Old leaf rachises often with persistent projections left from the disarticulation of the pinnae, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1526
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Pinnae oval or broadly oblong (somewhat rounded in appearance), per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1533
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sori elongate along veins; indusia attached along one side of the sori, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1555
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Blade 3-15cm long and about 1cm wide, tapering slightly at both ends, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm230418_2616
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160702_199
July Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1406
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1407
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-004:
Asplenium trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium trichomanes
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist outcrops of slightly to strongly calcareous sedimentary or metamorphic rocks and moderately to strongly mafic metamorphic and igneous rocks, such as limestone, dolostone, mafic and intermediate gneisses and schists, amphibolite, most typically in strong shade, as under overhangs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC, rare in SC
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnate
Leaves clustered on a short, creeping to 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) p084
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p106
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p219
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p64
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p115
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p106
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p080
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