Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris ludoviciana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
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Learn more about Southern Wood-fern from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris ludoviciana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dryopteris ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dryopteris ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Dryopteris ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-006:
Dryopteris ludoviciana FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris ludoviciana
COMMON NAME:
Southern Woodfern, Southern Shield-fern
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdludoviciana_4686
June
Sori round and medial, on pinnae of upper half of fertile blade only, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdludoviciana_4701
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdludoviciana_4703
June
A elliptic-lanceolate blade, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdludoviciana_4715
June
Its genome forms half of the genome of the tetraploids D. cristata & D. celsa, per Weakley's Flora.
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Emily B. Sessa ebsdludoviciana_4731
June
Rachis is grooved, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Sharleen Johnson shj_666066998488961
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Lower, sterile fronds.
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Sharleen Johnson shj_923758789008198
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris ludoviciana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris ludoviciana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dryopteris ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dryopteris ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Dryopteris ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-006:
Dryopteris ludoviciana
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris ludoviciana
495
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: blackwater swamp forests, hammocks, baygalls, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in a short row behind a cluster of buds
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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p156
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p147
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p261
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p120
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p228
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p458
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