Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Phegopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-002:
Thelypteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris hexagonoptera
COMMON NAME:
Broad Beech Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drhe3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150412_260c
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_broadbeech_fern
May
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JK Marlow jkm120617_998
June Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_263
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170624_264
June Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow s050625_a
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Blades widely triangular, as wide or wider than long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm201107_8099
November Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
Blade distinctly triangular. Pinnae connected along rachis by winged tissue, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4740
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4741
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
Sori small, round, marginal, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4840
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-002:
Thelypteris hexagonoptera
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris hexagonoptera
1503
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in mesic to submesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnatifid
Leaves spaced along a creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p136
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p296
- Ferns of the Smokies p57
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p124
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p202
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p188