Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Adiantum capillus-veneris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Adiantum capillus-veneris
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Adiantum capillus-veneris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-01-002:
Adiantum capillus-veneris FAMILY Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Adiantum capillus-veneris
COMMON NAME:
Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus-hair Fern
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_035
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_adca_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_adca_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100314_097
March Decatur County GA
Pinnae alternate, distant. Compound near base, simple near apex, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm100314_099
March Decatur County GA
Rachis dark brown, smooth, slender, and brittle, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm100314_102
March Decatur County GA
Fronds pendant or arching, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_capillusveneris_1
April
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Adiantum capillus-veneris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Adiantum capillus-veneris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Adiantum capillus-veneris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-01-002:
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Adiantum capillus-veneris
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist calcareous substrates, in the Coastal Plain on ‘marl’ (coquina limestone) (NC and SC), on calcareous clay bluffs (GA), and adventive on lime mortar of old buildings and walls (as in Wilmington and Fayetteville, NC); in the Mountains and Interior Low Plateau on limestone or other calcareous sedimentary rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia, and the GA Mountains
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Partially evergreen
2-pinnate
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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p052
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p210
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p151
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p121
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p287
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p435
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p058
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p327
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