Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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4108

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in lawns and other moist, grassy areas, per Weakley's Flora

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full sun ...Moist

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/Fall

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Ophioglossum nudicaule   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Ophioglossum nudicaule   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

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

 

COMMON NAME:
 Slender Adder's-tongue

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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.

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.

image of Ophioglossum nudicaule, Slender Adder's-tongue

Keith Bradley    kab_o_nudicaule_05389

September    Collier County    FL

Railhead Scrub Preserve