Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) K. Presl
Detail
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Botanical Name
- Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) K. Presl
- Common Name
- Asian Net-vein Holly Fern
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- Originally collected along Pughs Run in 1978 by Mo Stevens, who considered the population "of questionable persistence." In 2016, the area was revisited by Jake Hughes, who found Cyrtomium abundant on the limestone outcrop where Stevens had collected it (see photos), as well as scattered in adjacent areas.
- Habitat
- Limestone outcrops, stream banks, and weedy forests along Pughs Run, above its confluence with the Shenandoah River near Woodstock (Shenandoah Co.), well established here (Jake Hughes, pers. comm.); on 80-year old church wall in Virginia Beach City; also reported from Fairfax Co.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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