OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Botrypus virginianus   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium virginianum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

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

Botrypus virginianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Botrychium virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Botrychium virginianum

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

Botrychium virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-001:

Botrychium virginianum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

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

Osmundopteris virginiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find


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image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_bovi_001_lvd

        

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_bovi_007_lvd

        

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm120330_258

March    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2259

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2260

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm060429_069

April    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Sterile blade reflexed to almost horizontal, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm080420_167

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm080420_169

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fertile stalk appears in late spring-early summer, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm100422_042

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm210401_9114

April    Polk County    NC

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbvirginianum_and01

April    Anderson County    SC

Blade not circinate [that is, not coiled in a "fiddlehead" as many ferns are], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm100516_020

May    Greenville County    SC

The common stalk, below where sterile blade & sporophore diverge, 4-8" long, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm150508_952

May    Union County    GA

Sosebee Cove

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

Tim Spira    tps_bvirginianus_fertile

May        

Sporangia densely clustered on branching segments of fertile stalk, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

Tim Spira    tps_bvirginianus2

May        

Fertile stalk 20-40cm long, arising from base of blade, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

Gill Newberry    gn06_b_virginianum

June        

image of Botrypus virginianus, Rattlesnake Fern, Sang-find

JK Marlow    jkm091006_003

October    Greenville County    SC

Sterile blade thin-textured, bright green, distinctly lacy-cut, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Botrypus virginianus   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium virginianum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Botrychium virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Botrychium virginianum

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-001:
Botrychium virginianum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

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

 

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: In a wide range of fairly dry, mesic, and wet forests, cove forests, especially in nutrient-rich, moist bottomlands and slopes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Leaf consists of a 2-pinnate to 3-pinnate sterile blade & a fertile panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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