Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ophioglossum engelmannii
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Ophioglossum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum engelmannii
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
COMMON NAME:
Engelmann's Adder's-tongue, Limestone Adder's-tongue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_open_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_engelmannii_3
April
The veins of sterile blades form 2 sets of areoles: fine bounded by coarse, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
COMPARE
Adder's Mouth and Adder's Tongue
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ophioglossum engelmannii
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum engelmannii
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
3742
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in dry barrens and glades over calcareous rocks, very rarely on granite, 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:
Deciduous
Leaf consists of a simple sterile blade & an erect, spike-like fertile segment
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p028
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p187