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Common name: resurrection fern
 
Common name: resurrection fern
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonyms: ''Pleopeltis polypodioides''; ''Pleopeltis polypodioides'' (Linnaeus) E.G. Andrews & Windham var. ''michauxiana'' (Weatherby) E.G. Andrews & Windham; ''Polypodium polypodioides'' (Linnaeus) Watt; ''Polypodium polypodioides'' (Linnaeus) Watt var. ''michauxianum'' Weatherby; ''Marginaria polypodioides'' (Linnaeus) Tidestrøm; ''Pleopeltis polypodioides'' ssp. ''michauxiana''  
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Synonyms: ''Pleopeltis polypodioides''; ''Pleopeltis polypodioides'' (Linnaeus) E.G. Andrews & Windham var. ''michauxiana'' (Weatherby) E.G. Andrews & Windham; ''Polypodium polypodioides'' (Linnaeus) Watt; ''Polypodium polypodioides'' (Linnaeus) Watt var. ''michauxianum'' Weatherby; ''Marginaria polypodioides'' (Linnaeus) Tidestrom; ''Pleopeltis polypodioides'' ssp. ''michauxiana''
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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Revision as of 13:23, 31 March 2016

Pleopeltis michauxiana
Pleopeltis polypodioides Gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class: Filicopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Pleopeltis
Species: P. michauxiana
Binomial name
Pleopeltis michauxiana
(Weatherby) Hickey & Sprunt
PLEO POLY dist.jpg
Natural range of Pleopeltis michauxiana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: resurrection fern

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Pleopeltis polypodioides; Pleopeltis polypodioides (Linnaeus) E.G. Andrews & Windham var. michauxiana (Weatherby) E.G. Andrews & Windham; Polypodium polypodioides (Linnaeus) Watt; Polypodium polypodioides (Linnaeus) Watt var. michauxianum Weatherby; Marginaria polypodioides (Linnaeus) Tidestrom; Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana

Description

A description of Pleopeltis michauxiana is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, P. michauxiana is an epiphytic plant that can be found in cabbage palm hammocks, trunks of sand live oaks, live oaks, ravines, old fallen logs, limestone fern grottos, cherry trees, and upland trees (FSU Herbarium). It can also be found on shaded roadside banks, hiking trails in mixed hardwood forests, and on clay bank roadsides. This epiphytic fern lacks soil which puts it at a high risk of desiccation although it is able to survive a significant amount of time without any water source (Dubuission et al. 2009). Associated species include Pinus clausa, Quercus geminata, Quercus falcata and Quercus virginiana (FSU Herbarium).

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Dubuisson, J.-Y., H. Schneider, et al. (2009). "Epiphytism in ferns: diversity and history." Comptes Rendus Biologies 332: 120-128.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: : Cecil R Slaughter, Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, C. Jackson, Gwynn W. Ramsey, Sidney McDaniel, Patricia Elliot, J. P. Gillespie, Ira L. Wiggins, Dorothy B. Wiggins, Kathy Craddock Burks, B. Auld, B. Moore, P. L. Redfearn, Jr., R. F. Thorne, A. Gholson Jr., Wilson Baker, Susanne Cooper, Richard S. Mitchell, S. W. Leonard, C. H. Beck, Robert J Lemaire, Tiffani Floyd, Roy Komarek, J. B. Nelson, Chris Cooksey, Richard Gaskalla, David Printiss. States and Counties: Florida: Brevard, Citrus, Dixie, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hernando, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Martin, Okaloosa, Pasco, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Washington. Georgia: Grady. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.