NameThatPlant.net: Polypodium appalachianum

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polypodium appalachianum FAMILY Polypodiaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polypodium appalachianum FAMILY Polypodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 014-01-001?:

Polypodium virginianum FAMILY Polypodiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Rockcap Fern, Appalachian Polypody

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polypodium appalachianum FAMILY Polypodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polypodium appalachianum FAMILY Polypodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 014-01-001?:
Polypodium virginianum FAMILY Polypodiaceae

2064

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Moist rocks at low to high elevations, especially in ravines, on north-facing outcrops, and in other moist sites, rarely epiphytic on tree trunks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnatifid
Leaves in linear rows on widely spreading and creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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