Lorinseria areolata (Linnaeus) C. Presl. Netted Chain Fern. Phen: May-Sep. Hab: Moist to wet, acid, organic soils, such as bogs, blackwater bottomlands, pocosins, wet hammocks. Dist: NS west to MI and MO, south to s. FL and e. TX, primarily on the Coastal Plain.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: See Cranfill (1983) for a discussion of the geography and ecology of L. areolata.
Synonymy: = K4, NY, S13, Sf, Tat, Tx, WV, Cranfill & Kato (2003), Gasper et al (2016), Gasper et al (2017), Perrie et al (2014); = Woodwardia areolata (L.) T.Moore – AqW, Ar, C, ETx1, F, Fl1, FNA2, G, Il, K1, K3, Mo1, NE, Pa, RAB, Tn, TxFerns, Va, W, WH3
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
- Great Plains: OBL (name change)
- Midwest: OBL (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (name change)
Heliophily ?: 3
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