OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ophioglossum nudicaule   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum nudicaule   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ophioglossum nudicaule

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ophioglossum nudicaule

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Ophioglossum nudicaule

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-002:

Ophioglossum nudicaule   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Ophioglossum dendroneuron

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Ophioglossum mononeuron

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Ophioglossum pumilio

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Ophioglossum tenerum

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Adder's-tongue


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Ophioglossum nudicaule, Slender Adder's-tongue

Keith Bradley    kab_o_nudicaule_05367

September    Collier County    FL

Railhead Scrub Preserve

Sterile blade elliptic-lanceolate, apiculate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ophioglossum nudicaule, Slender Adder's-tongue

Keith Bradley    kab_o_nudicaule_05380

September    Collier County    FL

Railhead Scrub Preserve

Fertile stalk 2-6x as long as blade portion, arising at or near ground level, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).

image of Ophioglossum nudicaule, Slender Adder's-tongue

Keith Bradley    kab_o_nudicaule_05389

September    Collier County    FL

Railhead Scrub Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ophioglossum nudicaule   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum nudicaule   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ophioglossum nudicaule

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ophioglossum nudicaule

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Ophioglossum nudicaule

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-002:
Ophioglossum nudicaule   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Ophioglossum dendroneuron

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Ophioglossum mononeuron

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Ophioglossum pumilio

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Ophioglossum tenerum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4108

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: pine flatwoods, lawns, and other moist, grassy areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Leaf consists of a simple sterile blade & an erect, spike-like fertile segment

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizome short-cylindric to globose

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: