Coryphopteris simulata (Davenport) S.E. Fawcett. Common name: Bog Fern, Massachusetts Fern. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: In NC and WV in acid peat bogs at about 1000 meters in elevation, in DE, NJ, and VA in acid seepage swamps in the Coastal Plain. Distribution: NS south to ne. VA (Accomack, New Kent, Northampton and Westmoreland counties) and n. WV (Tucker and Preston counties), and disjunct in nw. NC (Alleghany, Ashe, and Avery counties), TN (Sevier County), and WI. Discovered in NC in the 1980's, and presently known only from three sites in that state.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, K4, Fawcett & Smith (2021), Fawcett (2018); Aspidium simulatum Davenp.; = Dryopteris simulata Davenp. — F; = n/a — RAB; = Parathelypteris simulata (Davenp.) Holttum — NE, Va; = Thelypteris simulata (Davenp.) Nieuwl. — C, FNA2, G, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Sf, Tat, Tn, W, WV. Basionym: Aspidium simulatum Davenp. 1894
Links to other floras: = Thelypteris simulata - FNA2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
- Midwest: FACW (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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