OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa   FAMILY Diplaziopsidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diplazium pycnocarpon   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

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

Homalosorus pycnocarpos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Diplazium pycnocarpon

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

Diplazium pycnocarpon

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-01-003:

Athyrium pycnocarpon   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Homalosorus pycnocarpos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Asplenium pycnocarpon

 

COMMON NAME:
Glade Fern


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image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aspy5_001_lvd

        

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1984

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160421_309

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160421_312

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Pinnae slender, alternate, long-pointed. Margins wavy, entire, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160421_314

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Stipe shorter than blade, stout, slightly scaly especially near base, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160421_420

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Recognized by tall narrow bright green fronds in almost circular clusters, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dpycnocarpon_9642

May        

Sterile pinnae not stiff and often slightly twisting, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dpycnocarpon_9643

May        

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dpycnocarpon_4805

June        

Pinnae without a basal lobe (vs. Christmas ferns' with a distinctive "ear"), per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

Emily B. Sessa    ebs_dpycnocarpon_4809

June        

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160727_410

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Fertile frond on left, sterile frond on right.

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160727_412

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Fertile fronds are narrower, more erect and appear later than sterile, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160727_413

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Sori long, slightly curved, in herringbone pattern, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdiplazium_brasst1

Month Unknown        

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdpycnocarpon_1

Month Unknown        

image of Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Glade Fern

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdpycnocarpon_nantahal

Month Unknown        NC

Nantahala National Forest

Blade lanceolate with long acuminate tip and slightly tapering base, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa   FAMILY Diplaziopsidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diplazium pycnocarpon   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Diplazium pycnocarpon

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Diplazium pycnocarpon

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-01-003:
Athyrium pycnocarpon   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Homalosorus pycnocarpos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Asplenium pycnocarpon

 

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Very nutrient-rich, loamy or seepy forests, over calcareous sedimentary (such as limestone or dolostone) or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks (such as greenstone or amphibolite), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Pinnate
Leaves in a circular cluster on long-creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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