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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.

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.

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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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