Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium resiliens
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium resiliens
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asplenium resiliens
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Asplenium resiliens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-005:
Asplenium resiliens FAMILY Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium resiliens
COMMON NAME:
Blackstem Spleenwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asre_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110416_789
April Etowah County AL
Pinnae mostly opposite. Stipe and rachis are dark brown, almost black, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm110416_790
April Etowah County AL
Sori prominent, oblong, nearer margin than midrib, 2-5 pairs per pinna, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium resiliens
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium resiliens
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asplenium resiliens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Asplenium resiliens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-005:
Asplenium resiliens
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium resiliens
2660
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to dry outcrops of calcareous sedimentary or metamorphic rocks, such as limestone, dolostone, coquina, or marble, sometimes on narrow seams of calcareous materials in otherwise acidic rocks, rarely on mortar or concrete, mostly at low to moderate elevations, but remarkably on Grandfather Mountain at over 1800 m, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnate
Leaves clustered on a short, creeping to partially erect rhizome
FRUIT:
Spring/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) p078
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p106
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p217
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p63
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p436
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p072
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p053
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p131
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