Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/13/22):
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Thelypteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-005:
Thelypteris palustris
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris thelypteris var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris thelypteris
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Fern
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September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia
Pinnae cut nearly to midvein into rounded or blunt-tipped lobes, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/13/22):
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-005:
Thelypteris palustris
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Dryopteris thelypteris var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris thelypteris
1506
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Look for it in bogs, marshes (including freshwater tidal marshes), and bottomland 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.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves closely spaced along a widely creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p146
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p304
- Ferns of the Smokies p56
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p212