Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Hymenophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vandenboschia boschiana
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Didymoglossum, Vandenboschia, Crepidomanes, and Trichomanes from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Appalachian Filmy-fern from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichomanes boschianum
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vandenboschia boschiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Trichomanes boschianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 009-01-001:
Trichomanes boschianum FAMILY Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Trichomanes boschianum
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Filmy-fern, Appalachian Bristle Fern
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trbo_001_lvd
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Tricia Kyzer tkz_20180116_161228_158
January SC
Pinnae much-dissected, irregularly cut or lobed, blunt-tipped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Tricia Kyzer tkz_20180116_161228_159
January SC
Translucent fragile fronds only 1 cell thick to use light more efficiently, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm190423_7687
April Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Sporangia borne on stalks or bristles projecting from conelike indusia, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm190423_7691
April Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Rachis and stipe green and winged [here highlighted by a distinct shadow], per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Jim Fowler jaf_tboschianum01
May Rabun County GA
Fronds often dense and overlapping, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Jim Fowler jaf_tboschianum02
May Rabun County GA
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Jim Fowler jaf_tboschianum03
May Rabun County GA
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Tricia Kyzer tkz_20171219_055438_280
December SC
Habitat: Deeply shaded moist non-calcareous rocks, crevices and cave mouths, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Tricia Kyzer tkz_20171219_062410_158
December SC
Fronds borne singly in rows. Lax, arching or pendent, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vandenboschia boschiana
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichomanes boschianum
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vandenboschia boschiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Trichomanes boschianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 009-01-001:
Trichomanes boschianum
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Trichomanes boschianum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: On rock outcrops, usually vertical or overhanging, usually in deeply shaded grottoes receiving seepage or spray from waterfalls, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid to 2-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves spaced along a creeping rhizome
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) p074
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p177
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p103
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p218
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p165
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