OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 1 taxon in the family Diplaziopsidaceae, Glade Fern family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Glade Fern

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa   FAMILY: Diplaziopsidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Diplazium pycnocarpon   FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Athyrium pycnocarpon 011-01-003   FAMILY: Aspidiaceae

 

Habitat: Very nutrient-rich, loamy or seepy forests, over calcareous sedimentary (such as limestone or dolostone) or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks (such as greenstone or amphibolite)

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"The current or most recent woody growth of the ends of a stem are the 'twigs.' The previous season's growth, more than a year old, is the 'branchlet,' sometimes called as second-year stem. A 'branch' is three or more years of age." — Ron Lance, Woody Plants of the Southeastern US, A Winter Guide