Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walter. Bulbous Adder’s-tongue. Phen: Mar-May (-Sep). Hab: Moist ditch banks, grassy roadside flats, lawns, cemeteries, moist pine woodlands. Dist: E. NC (Dare County) south to FL and west to c. TX; also in Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, Fl1, FNA2, K3, K4, Meso1, Mo1, RAB, S13, Sf, Tn, Tx, TxFerns, WH3; = Haukia crotalophoroides (Walter) Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang – Zhang & Zhang (2022); = n/a – C; > Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walter var. crotalophoroides – K1; > Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walter var. nanum Osten ex de Lichtenstein – K1
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: UPL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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© Alan Cressler: Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, Stone Mountain Park, Dekalb County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, Macon County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, Woodruff-Seminole Site, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Decatur County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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