Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coryphopteris simulata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
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Coryphopteris simulata has a superficial similarity to (and grows in similar, saturated habitats as) the more common Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens. Coryphoteris simulata has veins of the pinna-lobes unbranched, the lower leaf surface with sessile, reddish, resinous glands, and the lower surface of the costae lacking scales (vs. veins of the pinna-lobes mostly Y-forked, lower leaf surface lacking glands, and lower surface of the costae with persistent ovate scales in Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens), per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris simulata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coryphopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thelypteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Coryphopteris simulata (Thelypteridaceae), A New Combination For The Massachusetts Fern (Fawcett, 2018)
Coryphopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Parathelypteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris simulata
COMMON NAME:
Bog Fern, Massachusetts Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drsi3_001_pvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Coryphopteris simulata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris simulata
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Coryphopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Thelypteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Coryphopteris simulata (Thelypteridaceae), A New Combination For The Massachusetts Fern (Fawcett, 2018)
Coryphopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Parathelypteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris simulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris simulata
3717
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: In NC and WV in acid peat bogs at about 1000 meters in elevation, in DE, NJ, and VA in acid seepage swamps in the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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