Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Adiantum pedatum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Adiantum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adiantum pedatum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-01-001:
Adiantum pedatum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Northern Maidenhair Fern
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JK Marlow jkm150424_756
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rachis divides into 2 branches to form a semicircular, fan-shaped blade, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow jkm160422_050
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Blades borne on slender erect branched stipes [here resembling small trees], per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow s070927_g
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Pinnules entire on the lower margin, lobed on the upper, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow s070927_g2
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Sporangia are clustered under scalloped outer edges of many leaflets, per Ferns of the Smokies.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Adiantum pedatum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adiantum pedatum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-01-001:
Adiantum pedatum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae