...Moist
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dennstaedtia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
FAMILY
Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
FAMILY
Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-02-001:
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Hay-scented Fern, Pasture Fern, Boulder Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_depu2_001_lvd
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dpunctilobata_9242
May
Fronds on long rhizomes, forming vigorous colonies in open disturbed areas, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dpunctilobata_9418
May
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dpunctilobata_9421
May
Rachis covered with fine, light-colored hairs, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm150509_013
May Dawson County GA
Dawson Forest WMA
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JK Marlow jkm150509_014
May Dawson County GA
Dawson Forest WMA
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JK Marlow jkm0406i_33
June Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Bald
Leaves yellow-green or pale-green, with whitish-gray glandular trichomes, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120616_934
June Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Stipe brown or almost black at base, lighter above, covered w white hairs, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120616_936
June Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Blade widest near the bottom, bipinnate to bipinnate-pinnatifid, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm140607_486
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm140607_488
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Confusingly, "delicate ladies with hairy legs" refers to S. Ladyfern not this.
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JK Marlow jkm140607_492
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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Tim Spira tps_dpunctilobula
June
Called "hay-scented" because of the alfalfa-like fragrance of the fronds, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm160827_035b
August Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Sori marginal, in notches of pinnules, borne in cuplike indusia, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1555
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Blades tacky to the touch w glandular hairs covering pinnae, stipe & rachis, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1557
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdpunctilobula_allco
Month Unknown
Forms large monotypic colonies in acidic woodlands in southern Appalachians. — Patrick McMillan
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdpunctilobula_ch1
Month Unknown
Blades ovate-lanceolate, slightly narrowed at base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.