Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Botrypus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Botrypus virginianus
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium virginianum
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-001:
Botrychium virginianum
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
COMMON NAME:
Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bovi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bovi_007_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120330_258
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm060429_069
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Sterile blade reflexed to almost horizontal, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm080420_167
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm080420_169
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fertile stalk appears in late spring-early summer, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm100422_042
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm210401_9114
April Polk County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbvirginianum_and01
April Anderson County SC
Blade not circinate [that is, not coiled in a "fiddlehead" as many ferns are], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100516_020
May Greenville County SC
The common stalk, below where sterile blade & sporophore diverge, 4-8" long, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150508_952
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
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Tim Spira tps_bvirginianus_fertile
May
Sporangia densely clustered on branching segments of fertile stalk, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Tim Spira tps_bvirginianus2
May
Fertile stalk 20-40cm long, arising from base of blade, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Gill Newberry gn06_b_virginianum
June
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JK Marlow jkm091006_003
October Greenville County SC
Sterile blade thin-textured, bright green, distinctly lacy-cut, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.