Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Christella dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Christella dentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of China
Cyclosorus dentatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thelypteris dentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cyclosorus dentatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Thelypteris dentata
INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris dentata
INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris reducta
COMMON NAME:
Downy Maiden-fern, Soft Fern, Downy Shield-fern
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Keith Bradley kab_t_dentata_73512
March Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Fronds 40-100cm long; tufted. Blades lanceolate with a long, tapering tip, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Keith Bradley kab_t_dentata_73518
March Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Pinnae shallowly cut into broad blunt lobes. Short hairs above and below, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Keith Bradley kab_t_dentata_73539
March Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Rather recently introduced to the New World, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Christella dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Christella dentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Cyclosorus dentatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Thelypteris dentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cyclosorus dentatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Thelypteris dentata
INCLUDING
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris dentata
INCLUDING
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris reducta
4087
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, hammocks, streambanks, swamps, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical & subtropical Asia & Africa
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid (somewhat dimorphic)
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short-creeping
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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) p138
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p300
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p199
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p436
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