Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cystopteris tennesseensis
FAMILY
Cystopteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Cystopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris tennesseensis
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cystopteris tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cystopteris tennesseensis
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
COMMON NAME:
Tennessee Bladder Fern
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cystopteris tennesseensis
FAMILY
Cystopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris tennesseensis
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cystopteris tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cystopteris tennesseensis
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
4024
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to dry outcrops of calcareous rocks, including coquina limestone (‘marl’) in the outer Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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) p126
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p253
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p114
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