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Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum

not marked as a favorite taxon Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walter. Common name: Bulbous Adder’s-tongue. Phenology: Mar-May (-Sep). Habitat: Moist ditch banks, grassy roadside flats, lawns, cemeteries, moist pine woodlands. Distribution: E. NC (Dare County) south to FL and west to c. TX; also in Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and South America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, Fl1, FNA2, K4, Meso1, Mo1, RAB, S13, Sf, Tn, Tx, TxFerns, WH3; = Haukia crotalophoroides (Walter) Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang — ZALT; = n/a — C; > Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walter var. crotalophoroides — NS, POWO; > Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walter var. nanum Osten ex de Lichtenstein — NS, POWO. Basionym: Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Ophioglossum crotalophoroides - FNA2

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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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image #1 of Ophioglossum crotalophoroides© Alan Cressler: Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, Stone Mountain Park, Dekalb County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Ophioglossum crotalophoroides© Alan Cressler: Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, Macon County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Ophioglossum crotalophoroides© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Ophioglossum crotalophoroides© Alan Cressler: Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, Woodruff-Seminole Site, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Decatur County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Ophioglossum crotalophoroides© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Ophioglossum crotalophoroides© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Ophioglossum crotalophoroides© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

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