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Your search found 5 taxa in the family Hymenophyllaceae, Filmy Fern family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Grotto-felt, Appalachian Trichomanes, Weft Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crepidomanes intricatum FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trichomanes intricatum FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trichomanes - "a filamentous gametophyte" 009-01-? FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
Habitat: On ceilings or back walls of grottoes, especially in humid gorges or near or behind waterfalls
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Filmy-fern, Appalachian Bristle Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vandenboschia boschiana FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trichomanes boschianum FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trichomanes boschianum 009-01-001 FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
Habitat: On rock outcrops, usually vertical or overhanging, usually in deeply shaded grottoes receiving seepage or spray from waterfalls
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dwarf Filmy-fern, Bristle Fern, Peters' Filmy Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Didymoglossum petersii FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trichomanes petersii FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trichomanes petersii 009-01-002 FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
Habitat: On vertical faces of acidic rock outcrops in humid gorges (in sw. NC, nw. SC, and ne. GA, primarily of the Savannah River drainage), in the context of the very humid escarpment gorges on relatively dry rocks, not on rocks receiving substantial seepage or spray from waterfalls, also on outcrops of Altamaha Grit in the Coastal Plain, on tree bark (especially Magnolia grandiflora and Fagus grandifolia) in swamps and hammocks (in FL, LA, and MS), and on chert around limestone sinkholes (in FL)
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Gorge Filmy-fern, Taylor's Filmy-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hymenophyllum tayloriae FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hymenophyllum tayloriae FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hymenophyllum - "a branching ribbon-like gametophyte with marginal rhizoids and small, ovate, plate-like gemmae several cells wide" 009-02-? FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
Habitat: Spray cliffs near waterfalls, permanently moist ceilings of grottoes in escarpment gorges with high rainfall
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tunbridge Filmy-fern, Tunbridge Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hymenophyllum tunbrigense FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hymenophyllum tunbrigense FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hymenophyllum tunbridgense 009-02-001 FAMILY: Hymenophyllaceae
Habitat: Moist rock faces in an escarpment gorge with high rainfall
Rare (known in North America from only one county)
Native to South Carolina
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