Cyrtomium falcatum |
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Japanese holly fern, Japanese netvein hollyfern |
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Stem | scales orange-brown, ovate with attenuate apices. |
Leaves | 30–60(–100) cm. |
Pinnae | bright green and shiny adaxially, 4–10(–12) pairs, ovate-attenuate, usually falcate, 4–8.5 cm, leathery, sometimes with short, basal, acroscopic lobe, margins often undulate or coarsely and irregularly dentate. |
Indusia | brown, sometimes with blackish centers, not shriveled at maturity. |
n | = 2n = 123, apogamous. |
Cyrtomium falcatum |
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Habitat | Brick or stone walls, rocky areas, mesic forests, and coastal bluffs |
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; SC; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Cyrtomium falcatum is native to east Asia and widely escaped from cultivation. All plants in the flora appear to be the 32-spored, apogamous triploid. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Dryopteridaceae > Cyrtomium |
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Synonyms | Polypodium falcatum |
Name authority | (Linnaeus f.) C. Presl: Tent. Pterid. 86. (1836) |
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