Lorinseria areolata

Family:BLECHNACEAE
Species:Lorinseria areolata (L.) C. Presl
Common Name:Netted Chain Fern; Netleaf Chain Fern; Netvein Chain Fern
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Netted Chain Fern is a native herbaceous perennial in the Chain Fern family (Blechnaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Netted Chain Fern occurs in acidic swamps, in seeps, and in bogs. It is a perennial with a long creeping rhizome. Leaves are deciduous and dimorphic (of two forms). The sterile leaves are pinnatifid with lanceolate pinnae, bright green in color, and glabrous. The rachis is winged and the petiole is dark reddish brown. The pinnae have serrate or crenate margins. Fertile leaves are larger and more erect than the sterile leaves. Fertile leaves are pinnate with linear pinnae. Spores are produced in chainlike rows on the lower side of the blade. The sori are sunken into the blade and covered by an indusium (a flap-like membrane). Netted Chain Fern is superficially similar to the Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus), with which it sometimes grows. The fertile fronds of Sensitive Fern have round bead-like sori, and the pinnae on the sterile fronds have entire margins. Netted Chain Fern is easily cultivated in organically rich, moist to wet soils in partial to full shade. Its long creeping rhizomes can allow for rapid spread, almost to the point of being weedy under ideal growing conditions.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyBLECHNACEAE - Chain Fern family
Genus Lorinseria
Species Lorinseria areolata (L.) C. Presl - Netted Chain Fern; Netleaf Chain Fern; Netvein Chain Fern

Citation

Citation Lorinseria areolata (Linnaeus) C. Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 432. 1851.
Basionym: Acrostichum areolatum L. 1753.
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 683 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal et al., Huntia 7: 223. 1987.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Acrostichum areolatum Acrostichum areolatum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1069. 1753. VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 683 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Reveal et al., Huntia 7: 223. 1987.
Osmunda caroliniana Osmunda caroliniana Walter, Fl. Carol. 257. 1788. SOUTH CAROLINA:
Woodwardia angustifolia Woodwardia angustifolia Smith, Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 411. 1793. PENNSYLVANIA
Woodwardia floridana Woodwardia floridana Schkuhr, 24. Kl. Linn. Pfl.-Syst. 103, t. 111. 1804- 1809.FLORIDA 
Woodwardia onocleoides Woodwardia onocleoides Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 5(1): 416. 1810, nom. illegit.Acrostichum areolatum Linnaeus 1753. 
Woowardia areolata Woodwardia areolata (Linnaeus) T. Moore, Index Fil. xlv. 1857; 5. 1858.Acrostichum areolatum Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1940 - 1994

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA_ACC_32455 Autauga 6 May 1976 SHORT, JOHN W.
453
AUA
LORINSERIA AREOLATA (L.) C. PRESL
AMAL00007754 Autauga 24 Aug 1978 Kral, Robert
62580
AMAL
Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore
TROY000013222 Autauga 14 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
63071
TROY
Woodwardia areolata (Linnaeus) T. Moore
UWAL0001170 Autauga 14 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
63071
UWAL
Lorinseria areolata (L.) K.Presl
UNA00024163 Autauga 15 Sep 1979 Meigs, Russell A.
287
UNA
Lorinseria areolata (L.) K. Presl
UWAL0046471 Autauga 16 Nov 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1470
UWAL
Lorinseria areolata (Linnaeus) C. Presl.
TROY000048611 Autauga 16 Nov 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1470
TROY
Lorinseria areolata (Linnaeus) C. Presl.
UNA00053264 Baldwin 08 Aug 1953 White, Jesse S.
s.n.
UNA
Lorinseria areolata (L.) K. Presl
UNA00053263 Baldwin 08 Aug 1953 White, Jesse S.
s.n.
UNA
Lorinseria areolata (L.) K. Presl
UNA00053266 Baldwin 30 Aug 1953 White, Jesse S.
s.n.
UNA
Lorinseria areolata (L.) K. Presl
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