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Athyriaceae
Deparia

not marked as a favorite taxon Deparia acrostichoides (Swartz) M. Kato. Common name: Silvery Spleenwort. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Moist forests, cove forests. Distribution: Nova Scotia west to Minnesota, south to North Carolina, South Carolina, n. Georgia, n. Alabama, and Arkansas.

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Section: Lunathyrium.

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, K1, K4, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va, W; Asplenium acrostichoides Swartz; = Athyrium thelypteroides (Michx.) Desv. — C, F, G, RAB, S13, Tat, WV; = Diplazium acrostichoides (Sw.) Butters — Sf; = Lunathyrium acrostichoides (Sw.) Ching. Basionym: Asplenium acrostichoides Swartz 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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image #1 of Deparia acrostichoides© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Deparia acrostichoides© 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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native range: eastern North America