Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa (Sprengel) M.G. Price. Common name: Glade Fern. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Very nutrient-rich, loamy or seepy forests, over calcareous sedimentary (such as limestone or dolostone) or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks (such as greenstone or amphibolite). Distribution: QC, ON, and MN south to GA and LA (much more common in sedimentary rock areas of the Appalachians than in the primarily acid-soil Blue Ridge and Piedmont).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Price (1990b); = Asplenium pycnocarpon Spreng. — S13; = Athyrium pycnocarpon Spreng. — C, F, G, GrPl, RAB, WV; = Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun — Ar, FNA2, Il, Mo1, NE, NS, Pa, Tn; = Homalosorus pycnocarpos (Spreng.) Pichi-Sermolli — Can, K4, NY, POWO, Sf, Va, W, Christenhusz, Zhang, & Schneider (2011); = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Asplenium pycnocarpum Spreng. 1804
Links to other floras: = Diplazium pycnocarpon - FNA2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (name change)
- Midwest: FACU (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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© Alan Cressler: Homalosorus pycnocarpos, Marble Ravines, Chattahoochee National Forest, Stephens County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Homalosorus pycnocarpos, Cave, Entrance 2, The Covered Jewel, Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Jackson County, Alabama, Manuel Beers 1 by Alan Cressler source
© Alan Cressler: Homalosorus pycnocarpos, Alaculsy Valley, Murray County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source
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