Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris celsa
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris celsa
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dryopteris celsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dryopteris celsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Dryopteris celsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-007:
Dryopteris celsa FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris goldiana ssp. celsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris atropalustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris celsa
COMMON NAME:
Log Fern
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_celsa_log_fern
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Keith Bradley kab_1274546956814250
April SC
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_0867
June
Pinnae long, tapering, deeply lobed. Lower pinnae narrowed at base, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_0870
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_0877
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_0883
June
Sori round, medial to near midveins. Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_0950
June
Blade oblong, slightly narrowed at base and gradually tapering at tip, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_4693
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_4725
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_4798
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_4825
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_dcelsa_4834
June
Log fern is a polyploid between D. goldiana and D. ludoviciana, per No seeds, no fruits, no flowers: No problem. Adventures in Fern Biology (Sessa).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dryopteris celsa
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dryopteris celsa
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dryopteris celsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dryopteris celsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Dryopteris celsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-04-007:
Dryopteris celsa
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dryopteris goldiana ssp. celsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris atropalustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Dryopteris celsa
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, seepage bogs, and calcareous floodplains, typically associated with calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Sterile leaves semi-evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in a short row behind or among an irregular cluster of buds
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) p162
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p140
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p265
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p80
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p120
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p228
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p458
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p148
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