Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Christella dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Cyclosorus dentatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thelypteris dentata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 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.
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Christella dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Cyclosorus dentatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thelypteris dentata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thelypteris reducta
4087
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Non-native: tropical & subtropical Asia & Africa
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Look for it in moist forests, streambanks, swamps, disturbed areas, 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:
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 p138
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p300