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Tennessee bladderfern

Cystopteris tennesseensis

Also called Tennessee Bladder Fern

Tennessee bladderfern
Photo: DinoBlockHD, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Cystopteridaceae (Cystopterid family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Cystopteris tennesseensis, commonly known as the Tennessee fragile fern or Tennessee bladderfern, is a species of fern in the family Cystopteridaceae.

Where it grows

The fern is native to the eastern United States. It occurs in the states of: Ala., Ark., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Md., Mo., N.C., Ohio., Okla., Pa., Tenn., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Other Cystopteris plants

Bladder Fern · Alpine Bladder Fern · Bulblet bladderfern · Cystopteris chinensis · Greenish Bladder Fern · Dickie's Bladder-fern · Brittle bladderfern · St. Lawrence bladderfern · Mountain bladderfern · Lowland bladderfern · Bladderfern · Upland brittle bladderfern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cystopteris tennesseensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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