Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Pteridophytes
Family Name: Woodsiaceae

Cystopteris - [maps | photos]

• Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: bulblet bladder fern

• Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell
  Common Name: lowland or southern bladder fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. protrusa Weath.

• Cystopteris tennesseensis Shaver
  Common Name: Tennessee bladder fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. tennesseensis (Shaver) McGregor

• Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.
  Common Name: brittle bladder fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. mackayi Lawson

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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.

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