OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pleopeltis michauxiana   FAMILY Polypodiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana   FAMILY Polypodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pleopeltis michauxiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxiana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 014-01-002:

Polypodium polypodioides   FAMILY Polypodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Polypodium polypodioides var. michauxianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Marginaria polypodioides

 

COMMON NAME:
Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody


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JK Marlow    jkm0502a_14

February    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Fronds curl up when dry, revive with rain, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm150228_784

February    Charleston County    SC

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm0303g_11

March    Beaufort County    SC

Hunting Island State Park

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm140420_450

April    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Outlines of the sori appear as raised bumps on upper side of pinnae, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm140420_453

April    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Sori submarginal on the lobes of the pinnatifid blade, without indusia, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm140420_455

April    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1095

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Undersurfaces have pointed gray scales with dark reddish brown centers, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm200415_3839

April    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

Keith Bradley    kab_p_polypod_micha_09153

April    Collier County    FL

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

Tim Spira    tpsppolypodioides2

April        

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8251

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8254

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Pinnae oblong with obtuse tips, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

Sharleen Johnson    shj_837424427501079

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

Sharleen Johnson    shj_905120183987368

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Pleopeltis michauxiana, Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody

Teri Nye    nye_pleopeltis_scales

Month Unknown    Glynn County    GA

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pleopeltis michauxiana   FAMILY Polypodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana   FAMILY Polypodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pleopeltis michauxiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxiana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 014-01-002:
Polypodium polypodioides   FAMILY Polypodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polypodium polypodioides var. michauxianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Marginaria polypodioides

 

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1131

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

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, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnatifid
Leaves spaced along a creeping, much-branched rhizome

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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