OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

Your search found 3 taxa in the family Osmundaceae, Royal Fern family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Cinnamon Fern

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Osmundastrum cinnamomeum   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Osmunda cinnamomea var. cinnamomea   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Osmunda cinnamomea 007-01-001   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, peatlands, pocosins, wet savannas, floodplains, blackwater stream swamps, marshes, and other wetlands, less typically in merely mesic or even dry-mesic forests, especially if seasonally sub-irrigated

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Interrupted Fern

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Claytosmunda claytoniana   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Osmunda claytoniana   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Osmunda claytoniana 007-01-002   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

 

Habitat: Upland forests, woodlands, and balds, moist to rather dry

Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Royal Fern

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Osmunda spectabilis   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis 007-01-003   FAMILY: Osmundaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, marshes (including tidal), moist forests, floodplains, swamp forests, and other wetlands

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"Within the same group [of Oaks] ... leaves alone must not be used for final identification, as, even on the same tree, the leaves may vary more among themselves than between those of other species.... Therefore, leaves are of great assistance if (1) an average leaf is looked for, and (2) final identification is based on other details taken in conjunction with the leaves." — George W.D. Symonds, The Tree Identification Book