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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Non-native: east Asia

Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Rare

Look for it on old walls with lime mortar, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate
Leaves clustered

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizome stout, about 1cm in diameter

FRUIT:

 

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

• Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p066
• The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p288
• New Invaders of the Southeast p025

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pteris vittata   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pteris vittata   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 010-06-002:
Pteris vittata   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pycnodoria vittata