OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyrtomium falcatum   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cyrtomium falcatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cyrtomium falcatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Cyrtomium falcatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Cyrtomium falcatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Polystichum falcatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern


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image of Cyrtomium falcatum, Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern

JK Marlow    jkm141022_174

October    Greenville County    SC

Cyrtomium is closely related to, and perhaps better treated as, Polystichum, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Cyrtomium falcatum, Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern

JK Marlow    jkm141022_189

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Cyrtomium falcatum, Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern

JK Marlow    jkm141022_191

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Cyrtomium falcatum, Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern

JK Marlow    jkm141022_206

October    Greenville County    SC

Obliquely ovate pinna w long curving acuminate tip, coarsely toothed margin, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Cyrtomium falcatum, Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern

JK Marlow    jkm141022_214

October    Greenville County    SC

Blade pinnate, 18-35cm long and 8-15cm wide, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Cyrtomium falcatum, Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern

JK Marlow    jkm141022_219

October    Greenville County    SC

Sori large, round, scattered, lying along or at ends of veins with areoles, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Cyrtomium falcatum, Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern

JK Marlow    jkm141022_220

October    Greenville County    SC

Stipe 10-20cm long. Stout. Densely covered with brown scales, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Cyrtomium falcatum, Japanese Holly-fern, Asian Net-veined Holly Fern

Raul 654, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, Bugwood.org    bug_5529480

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyrtomium falcatum   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyrtomium falcatum   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyrtomium falcatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cyrtomium falcatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cyrtomium falcatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Cyrtomium falcatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Polystichum falcatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3713

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Ditches, disturbed swamps, moist ravines, old mortar of brick walls, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnate

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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