Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/13/22):
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-005:
Thelypteris palustris
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris thelypteris var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris thelypteris
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Fern
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September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia
Pinnae cut nearly to midvein into rounded or blunt-tipped lobes, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/13/22):
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-005:
Thelypteris palustris
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris thelypteris var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris thelypteris
1506
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Habitat: bogs, marshes (including freshwater tidal marshes), and bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves closely spaced along a widely creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
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 p146
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p304
- Ferns of Alabama p191
- Ferns of the Smokies p56
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p212