NameThatPlant.net: Cyrtomium fortunei

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyrtomium fortunei FAMILY Dryopteridaceae Go to FSUS key

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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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image of Cyrtomium fortunei, Fortune's Holly-fern, Fortune's Net-veined Holly Fern

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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

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