Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyrtomium fortunei
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
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Learn more about Cyrtomium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyrtomium fortunei
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of China
Cyrtomium fortunei
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cyrtomium fortunei var. fortunei
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Polystichum fortunei
COMMON NAME:
Fortune's Holly-fern, Fortune's Net-veined Holly Fern
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_fortunei_hc_4_s
April
Pinnae alternate, lanceolate, sickle-shaped, distinctly stalked, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyrtomium fortunei
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyrtomium fortunei
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Cyrtomium fortunei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cyrtomium fortunei var. fortunei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Polystichum fortunei
3615
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Roadside banks, rock outcrops, old mortar of brick walls, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southeast China
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Sterile blade 1-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) p170
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p279
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