Anchistea virginica (L.) Presl
Detail
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Botanical Name
- Anchistea virginica (L.) Presl
- Common Name
- Virginia Chain Fern
- Synonym(s)
- Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Anchistea virginica (L.) Presl
- Comments
- Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that Anchistea has an ancient lineage independent from the Eurasian Woodwardia, with which it has often been lumped.
- Habitat
- Acidic, often peaty soils of wet flatwoods, nonriverine swamps, Atlantic White-cedar forests, sinkhole and depression ponds, tidal swamps, interdune ponds, bogs, and pocosins. Common in the s. and c. Coastal Plain; rare in the n. Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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