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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Phegopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
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
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