OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Athyrium asplenioides   FAMILY Athyriaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

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

Athyrium asplenioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides

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

Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-01-001:

Athyrium asplenioides   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Athyrium asplenioides

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Lady Fern


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image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm220412_6670

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm220412_6671

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm080505_018

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

Pinnules deep-cut and toothed, blunt-tipped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3492

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3493

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3494

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Costal grooves continuous with the rachis groove, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3497

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

"Delicate ladies with hairy legs" refers to the scales on the stipe, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160702_008b

July    Jackson County    NC

Sori elongate along veins, straight to hooked or curved, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160702_010b

July    Jackson County    NC

Indusia attached along one side of sori, the attachment as long as the sori, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160723_008b

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

Numerous sori, in two rows midway between midvein and margin, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    jkm120830_273

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    s071022_abc

October    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

Petioles as long as blade, reddish or light green. Blade widest @ 2nd pinna, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

JK Marlow    s071022_d

October    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

Pinnules become shorter toward the rachis, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

image of Athyrium asplenioides, Southern Lady Fern

Sharleen Johnson    shj_1213563672566231

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Athyrium asplenioides   FAMILY Athyriaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-01-001:
Athyrium asplenioides   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Athyrium asplenioides

 

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves clustered behind tip of short-creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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