Anchistea virginica
Common names: Virginia Chain Fern[1]
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| Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta - Ferns |
| Class: | Filicopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Blechnaceae |
| Genus: | Anchistea |
| Species: | A. virginica |
| Binomial name | |
| Anchistea virginica (L) C. Presl | |
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| Natural range of Anchistea virginica from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Woodwardia virginica (Linnaeus) J.E. Smith.[2]
Varieties: none.[2]
Description
Anchistea virginica is a perennial fern of the Blechnaceae family native to North America. [3]
Distribution
Anchistea virginica is found along the east coast of the United States, reaching as far west as Texas, as well as eastern Canada. [3]
Ecology
Habitat
A. virginica is commonly found in wetland habitats that include elm and oak populations. [4] More generally, it can be found in a range of habitats including acidic and organic soils that span from moist to wet in bogs, pocosins, blackwater bottomlands, and occasionally in standing water or periodically flooded depression ponds.[1]
A. virginica has been spotted in post burned areas of Polk County, Florida in association with Cladium jamaicense, and Pontederia cordata car. lanceolata under a stand of Nyssa biflora. In a deep muck seepage swamp in northern Highlands County, Florida, A. virginica has been seen as part of a Sphagnum mat co-dominated by magnolia virginiana, gordonia lasianthus, and Osmundastrum cinnamomeum as a base landscape for the rare Peltandra sagittifolia. [5]
Phenology
As a competitive plant in the canopy of the forest, A. virginica has developed a high density leaf structure to compete for light sources; higher density of leaves results in a larger amount of biomass litter on the forest floor. [4]
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
A. virginica is not considered a threatened species; however, it is a rare species in the regions it is present. [6] It is listed as exploitably vulnerable in the state of New York, a species of special concern in Tennessee, and listed as threatened in Vermont.[3]
Cultural use
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 USDA Plants Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=WOVI
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 [Bartsch, I. and J. Lawrence (1997). "Leaf Size and Biomass Allocation in Thelypteris dentata, Woodwardia virginica, and Osmunda regalis in Central Florida." American Fern Journal 87(2): 71-76.]
- ↑ Observation by Edwin Bridges in Polk County, FL, April 2018 and Highlands county Fl May 8, 2017 posted to Florida Flora and Ecosystematics Facebook Group April 26, 2018 and May 8, 2017.
- ↑ The Vascular Flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area, Tennessee [Huskins, S. D. and J. Shaw (2010). "The Vascular Flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area, Tennessee." Castanea 75(1): 101-125.]
