OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
 Cystopteris tennesseensis   FAMILY Cystopteridaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris tennesseensis   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
 Cystopteris ×tennesseensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-03-003:
 Cystopteris tennesseensis   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

(?) -
 Cystopteris fragilis var. tennesseensis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Tennessee Bladder Fern

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
 Cystopteris tennesseensis   FAMILY Cystopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris tennesseensis   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
 Cystopteris ×tennesseensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-03-003:
 Cystopteris tennesseensis   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

(?) -
 Cystopteris fragilis var. tennesseensis

 

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4024

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Habitat: Moist to dry outcrops of calcareous rocks, including coquina limestone (‘marl’) in the outer Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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