Deparia acrostichoides (Swartz) M. Kato. Common name: Silvery Spleenwort. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Moist forests, cove forests. Distribution: NS west to MN, south to NC, SC, n. GA, n. AL, and AR.
ID notes: Deparia acrostichoides is distinctive in its distinctive bluish green color, pinnate-pinnatifid leaves, clumped growth, and "rectangular" pinnae lobes.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Deparia acrostichoides is the only species of Deparia native to the New World; it has several very closely related species in e. Asia (in section Lunathyrium). It stores starch in the swollen, persistent petiole bases.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA2, Il, K4, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va, W; Asplenium acrostichoides Sw.; = Athyrium thelypteroides (Michx.) Desv. — C, F, G, RAB, S13, Tat, WV; = Diplazium acrostichoides (Sw.) Butters — Sf; = Lunathyrium acrostichoides (Sw.) Ching. Basionym: Asplenium acrostichoides Sw. 1800
Links to other floras: = Deparia acrostichoides - FNA2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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© Alan Cressler: Deparia acrostichoides, Cherry Cove, Nantahala Mountains, Nantahala National Forest, Macon County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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