OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vittaria appalachiana   FAMILY Pteridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vittaria appalachiana   FAMILY Vittariaceae

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

Vittaria appalachiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Vittaria appalachiana

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010?:

Vittaria - "a branching, ribbon-like gametophyte, with diffuse rhizoids and linear-shaped gemmae only one cell wide, of the genus Vittaria"   FAMILY ?

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Shoestring Fern, "Appalachian gametophyte"


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image of Vittaria appalachiana, Appalachian Shoestring Fern, "Appalachian gametophyte"

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_091621gsmnp048rw2

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Vittaria appalachiana, Appalachian Shoestring Fern, "Appalachian gametophyte"

Samantha Tessel    sam101721_4353

October    Pickens County    SC

Eastatoe Creek Heritage Preserve

A ribbon-like thallus one cell thick, usually with basal & upright branches, per Vittaria appalachiana: a name for the "Appalachian Gametophyte" (Farrar & Mickel, 1991).

image of Vittaria appalachiana, Appalachian Shoestring Fern, "Appalachian gametophyte"

Samantha Tessel    sam113022_0819

November    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Vittaria appalachiana, Appalachian Shoestring Fern, "Appalachian gametophyte"

Samantha Tessel    sam113022_0820

November    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vittaria appalachiana   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vittaria appalachiana   FAMILY Vittariaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Vittaria appalachiana

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010?:
Vittaria - "a branching, ribbon-like gametophyte, with diffuse rhizoids and linear-shaped gemmae only one cell wide, of the genus Vittaria"   FAMILY ?

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4482

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Shaded grottoes, undersides of overhanging rock outcrops, especially in moist gorges or on spray cliffs in the vicinity of waterfalls, usually on felsic metamorphic rocks, such as mica schist, mica gneiss, granite gneiss, or metaquartzite, or on sandstone, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere

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LEAVES:

A branched, ribbon-like thallus one cell in thickness, usually differentiated into basal and upright branches

FRUIT:

 

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