Athyrium asplenioides (Michx.) A.A. Eaton
Detail
- Family
- Athyriaceae
- Botanical Name
- Athyrium asplenioides (Michx.) A.A. Eaton
- Common Name
- Southern Lady Fern
- Synonym(s)
- Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ex Mert. var. asplenioides (Michx.) Farw.; Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides (Michaux) Hultén
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Athyrium asplenioides (Michx.) A.A. Eaton
- Comments
- See Amer. Fern J. 92(3):185-213. See Comments under Athyrium angustum, a more northern-ranging species that has been found in northwestern Virginia. The two Athyrium species are often treated as vars. or ssp. of Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ex Mert., but we here follow Flora of the Southeastern U.S. and the Flora of Virginia.
- Habitat
- Mesic upland forests, well-drained floodplain forests, and swamp forest hummocks. Large plants with pinnatifid pinnules have been called forma subtripinnatum and are characteristic of high-elevation Red Spruce and northern hardwood forests. Common throughout.
- Native Status
- Native
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