{"id":711,"date":"2013-11-17T22:44:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T03:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sw.edu\/biodiversity\/?page_id=711"},"modified":"2023-06-12T14:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T14:44:40","slug":"ferns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sw.edu\/biodiversity\/ferns\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Biodiversity Catalog of Southwest Virginia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ferns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

B=Buchanan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

D=Dickenson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

R=Russell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T=Tazewell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fern (Pteridophyte) Taxonomy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingdom Plantae:  Division Tracheophyta: Subdivision Pteridophytina:  Class Polypodiopsida:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Osmundales<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t
Thumbnail<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Scientific Name<\/th>Common Name<\/th>County<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Osmundaceae<\/td>Osmunda claytoniana L. var. claytoniana<\/td>Interrupted Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Osmundaceae<\/td>Osmunda spectabilis Willd.<\/td>Royal Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Osmundaceae<\/td>Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (L.) C. Presl var. cinnsmomrum<\/td>Cinnamon Fern<\/td>D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

 Order Polypodiales<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Thumbnail<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Scientific Name <\/th>Common Name<\/th>County<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Dennstaedtiaceae<\/td>Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore<\/td>Hay-scented Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dennstaedtiaceae<\/td>Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn<\/td>Bracken Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dryopteridaceae<\/td>Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson<\/td>Mountain Wood Fern<\/td>R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dryopteridaceae<\/td>Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs<\/td>Spinulose Wood Fern, Toothed Wood Fern <\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dryopteridaceae<\/td>Dyropteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) Gray<\/td>Goldie’s Wood Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dryopteridaceae<\/td>Dryopteris cristata (L.) Gray<\/td>Crested Wood Fern, Crested Fern<\/td>R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dryopteridaceae<\/td>Dryoperis intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Gray<\/td>Evergreen Wood Fern, Fancy Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dryopteridaceae<\/td>Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray<\/td>Marginal Wood Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dryopteridaceae<\/td>Dryopteris \u00d7neowherryi W.H. Wagner<\/td><\/td>B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dryopteridaceae<\/td>Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott<\/td>Christmas Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Onocleaceae<\/td>Onoclea sensibilis L.<\/td>Sensitive Fern, Bead Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Polypodiaceae<\/td>Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham ssp. michuaxiana (Weatherby)<\/td>Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Polypodiaceae<\/td>Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham<\/td>Appalachian Rock Polypody, Appalachian Rockcap Fern<\/td>R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Polypodiaceae<\/td>Polypodium virginianum complex<\/td>Rockcap Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Pteridaceae<\/td>Adiantum pedatum L.<\/td>Northern Maidenhair Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Pteridaceae<\/td>Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C. Eat.<\/td>Hairy Lip Fern<\/td>D,R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Pteridaceae<\/td>Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link<\/td>Purple Cliff-brake <\/td>R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Pteridaceae<\/td>Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn ssp. glabella Pteris multifida Poir.<\/td>Smooth Cliff-brake<\/td>R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Pteridaceae<\/td>Vittaria appalachian Farrar & Mickel <\/td>Appalachian Shoestring Fern, Appalachian Gameotophyte <\/td>D,R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Thelypteridaceae<\/td>Parathelypteris noveboracensis (L.) Ching<\/td>New York Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Thelypteridaceae<\/td>Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fee<\/td>Broad Beech Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Thelypteridaceae<\/td>Thelypteris palustris Schott var. pubescens (Lawson) Fern.<\/td>Marsh Fern<\/td>R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodsiaceae<\/td>Athyrium asplenioides (Michx.) A.A. Eaton<\/td>Southern Lady Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodsiaceae<\/td>Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.<\/td>Bulblet Fern, Bulblet Bladder Fern<\/td>R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodsiaceae<\/td>Cystopteris protrusa (Weatherby) Blasdell<\/td>Lowland Bladder Fern, Lowland Brittle Fern<\/td>B,D,R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodsiaceae<\/td>Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv<\/td>Fragile Fern, Mackay’s Bladder Fern<\/td>D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodsiaceae<\/td>Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M. Kato<\/td>Silvery Spleenwort<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodsiaceae<\/td>Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C Taylolr<\/td>Appalachian Woodsia, Appalachian Cliff Fern, Mountain Woodsia<\/td>D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodsiaceae<\/td>Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. ssp. obtusa<\/td>Blunt-lobed Woodsia, Blunt-lobed Cliff Fern<\/td>B,D,R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

Order Polypodiidae<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Thumbnail<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Scientific Name<\/th>Common Name<\/th>County<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium bradleyi D.C. Eaton<\/td>Bradley’s Spleenwort<\/td>D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium montanum Willd<\/td>Mountain Spleenwort<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium platyneuron (l.) B.S.P<\/td>Ebony Spleenwort<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium pinnatifidum Nuttall<\/td>Lobed Spleenwort, Pinnatifid Spleenwort<\/td>B,D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium resiliens Kunze<\/td>Blackstem Spleenwort<\/td>R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium rhizophyllum L.<\/td>Walking Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium ruta-muraria L.var.cryptolepis (Fern.) Wherry<\/td>American Wall-rue<\/td>R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium trichomanes L.<\/td>Maidenhair Spleenwort<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Aspleniaceae<\/td>Asplenium \u00d7kentuckiense T.N. McCoy<\/td>Trudell’s Spleenwort<\/td>D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

Order Ophioglossaceae Taxonomy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingdom Plantae: Division Tracheophyta: Subdivision Pteridophyta: Class Psilotopsida:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Ophioglossaceae<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Thumbnail <\/th>Family Name<\/th>Scientific Name<\/th>Common Name<\/th>County<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Ophioglossaceae<\/td>Botrychium matricariifolium (Doll) A. Braun ex Koch<\/td>Daisyleaf Grape Fern, Daisyleaf Moonwort<\/td>T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Ophioglossaceae<\/td>Botrychium virginianum (L.) Holub<\/td>Rattlesnake Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Ophioglossaceae<\/td>Botrychium biternatum (Savigny) Lyon<\/td>Southern Grape Fern<\/td>B,D,R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Ophioglossaceae<\/td>Botrychium dissectum (Sprengel) Lyon<\/td>Cut-leaf Grape Fern, Dissected Grape Fern<\/td>B,D,R,T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Ophioglossaceae<\/td>Botrychium jenmanii (Underwood) Lyon<\/td>Alabama Grape Fern<\/td>R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Ophioglossaceae<\/td>Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) Holub<\/td>Blunt-lobed Grape Fern<\/td>R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia Botanical Associates. (2014). Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (http:\/\/www.vaplantatlas.org<\/a>). c\/o Virginia Botanical Associates, Blacksburg.<\/p>\n

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