Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Pteridophytes
Family Name: Thelypteridaceae

Macrothelypteris - [maps | photos]

• Macrothelypteris torresiana * (Gaud.) Ching
  Common Name: sword fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Thelypteris torresiana (Gaud.) Alston

Phegopteris - [maps | photos]

• Phegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: long beech fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Slosson

• Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: broad beech fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Thelypteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Weatherby

Thelypteris - [maps | photos]

• Thelypteris noveboracensis (L.) Nieuwl.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: New York fern

• Thelypteris palustris Schott var. pubescens (Lawson) Fern.
  Common Name: eastern marsh fern, maiden fern

• Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.