Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sceptridium biternatum
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sceptridium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium biternatum
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Botrychium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-004:
Botrychium biternatum
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
COMMON NAME:
Southern Grapefern
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JK Marlow jkm150822_840
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Sterile blade mostly 2-pinnate, the segments sharply serrulate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm150822_840b
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Marginal teeth finer and more uniform than in B. dissectum, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas.
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Rusty Wilson fkw_grapefern_1
September Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Fertile stalk arising near base of stipe or sometimes below ground level, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Rusty Wilson fkw_grapefern_4
September Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Sporangia on branching segments at upper end of the fertile stalkFGFG
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Rusty Wilson fkw_grapefern_6
September Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
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JK Marlow jkm0309u_04
September Greenville County SC
Blade composed of a sterile portion & an erect fertile ...panicle, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0310f_24
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0310f_27
October Greenville County SC
Sporangia sessile, around 1mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0310f_31
October Greenville County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmb_biternatum
October
Leaves usually one per season, sometimes more, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sceptridium biternatum
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium biternatum
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Botrychium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-004:
Botrychium biternatum
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in moist forests, clearings, old fields, 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.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Leaf consists of a mostly 2-pinnate sterile blade & a fertile panicle
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 p022
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p178
- Ferns of the Smokies p39
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p151
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p270