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Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Christella dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris dentata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thelypteris dentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Cyclosorus dentatus
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.