Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cystopteris bulbifera
FAMILY
Cystopteridaceae
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Learn more about Cystopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris bulbifera
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cystopteris bulbifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cystopteris bulbifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cystopteris bulbifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-03-002:
Cystopteris bulbifera FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Cystopteris bulbifera
COMMON NAME:
Bulblet Bladder Fern, Bulblet Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_fibu_001_lvd
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April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_cbulbifera4239
July
Similar to C. fragilis, but blade much longer and more tapering, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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September
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September
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_cbulbifera4780
September
Bulblets resembling small green peas at base of, or along costa of, pinnae, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_cbulbifera4780b
September
Sori between margin and midvein of pinnule, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cystopteris bulbifera
FAMILY
Cystopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cystopteris bulbifera
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cystopteris bulbifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cystopteris bulbifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cystopteris bulbifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-03-002:
Cystopteris bulbifera
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Cystopteris bulbifera
2920
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist outcrops and talus of calcareous rocks, rarely up to 1500 m elevation, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves clustered on a short-creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
Spring/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) p124
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p123
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p251
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p106
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