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Your search found 4 taxa in the family Polypodiaceae, Polypody family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Rockcap Fern, Rock Polypody
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Polypodium virginianum FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Polypodium virginianum FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polypodium virginianum 014-01-001 FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
Habitat: Moist rocks
Common in Mountains of GA & NC and in NC Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Rockcap Fern, Appalachian Polypody
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Polypodium appalachianum FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Polypodium appalachianum FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polypodium virginianum 014-01-001? FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
Habitat: Moist rocks at low to high elevations, especially in ravines, on north-facing outcrops, and in other moist sites, rarely epiphytic on tree trunks
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pleopeltis michauxiana FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polypodium polypodioides 014-01-002 FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
Habitat: On tree limbs and trunks (especially when leaning) in a wide variety of forest types, especially southwards, and less typically (but not uncommonly) on rocks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Goldfoot Fern, Golden Polypody
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phlebodium aureum FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phlebodium aureum FAMILY: Polypodiaceae
Habitat: Epiphytic on the old leaf bases of Sabal palmetto and in crotches and crevices of other trees, particularly Quercus virginiana, and rarely terrestrial on calcareous soils or masonry
Rare
Native to Georgia (introduced in SC)
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