Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Coryphopteris simulata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Coryphopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris simulata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Coryphopteris simulata (Thelypteridaceae), A New Combination For The Massachusetts Fern (Fawcett, 2018)
Coryphopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Parathelypteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thelypteris simulata
COMMON NAME:
Bog Fern, Massachusetts Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drsi3_001_pvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Coryphopteris simulata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris simulata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Coryphopteris simulata (Thelypteridaceae), A New Combination For The Massachusetts Fern (Fawcett, 2018)
Coryphopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Parathelypteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thelypteris simulata
3717
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in NC and WV in acid peat bogs at about 1000 meters in elevation (in DE, NJ, and VA in acid seepage swamps in the Coastal Plain), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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