Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Phegopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-002:
Thelypteris hexagonoptera FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris hexagonoptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
COMMON NAME:
Broad Beech Fern
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drhe3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150412_260c
April Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230420_2760
April Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_041721atlanta20
April DeKalb County GA
Native Plant Botanical Garden, Perimeter College, Georgia State University
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_broadbeech_fern
May
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JK Marlow jkm120617_998
June Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_263
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170624_264
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow s050625_a
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Blades widely triangular, as wide or wider than long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm201107_8099
November Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
Blade distinctly triangular. Pinnae connected along rachis by winged tissue, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4740
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4741
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
Sori small, round, marginal, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4840
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0528
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-002:
Thelypteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris hexagonoptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
1503
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to submesic hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnatifid
Leaves spaced along a creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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) p136
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p296
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p205
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p57
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p124
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p202
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p240
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p188
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