Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cystopteris tennesseensis
FAMILY
Cystopteridaceae
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
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
(?)
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Cystopteris fragilis var. tennesseensis
COMMON NAME:
Tennessee Bladder Fern
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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
4024
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it on moist to dry outcrops of calcareous rocks, including coquina limestone ("marl") in the outer 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
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 p126
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p114