Anchistea virginica

ClassificationPteridophytes
FamilyBlechnaceae
Family (Traditional)Blechnaceae
GenusAnchistea
Species:Anchistea virginica C. Presl
Common NameVirginia Chain Fern
Growth Habitfern
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 0.5; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: fern-like; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: crenate; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 20+; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: elongate sori; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Anchistea virginica Anchistea virginica C.Presl
Woodwardia virginica Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount (TN), Coffee (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Johnson (TN), Marion (TN), Rhea (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1935 - 2008

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100007549 White Tennessee 07 Sep 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5439
EKY
Woodwardia virginica
31234100007531 Hamilton Tennessee 15 Jun 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4949
EKY
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011499 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011490 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011503 White Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011476 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011480 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011497 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011501 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011473 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011493 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011489 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011505 White Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
APSC0103766 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Anchistea virginica
APSC0047916 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Anchistea virginica
TENN-V-0011486 White Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011524 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011523 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011481 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
BRIT193853 Sequatchie Tennessee 22 May 1993 Milo Pyne
93-083
VDB
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011495 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011483 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011484 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011498 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011496 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
31234100007499 Coffee Tennessee 01 Jun 2001 Dwayne Estes
2359
EKY
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011472 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011522 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011502 White Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011494 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011479 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011475 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
APSC0047915 Grundy Tennessee
APSC
Anchistea virginica
BRIT193854 Tennessee 28 May 1940 Berta Akin
2823b
VDB
Anchistea virginica
TENN-V-0011491 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011504 White Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
UCHT001345 Hamilton Tennessee 21 Jul 1941 William K. Butts
UCHT
Woodwardia virginica
APSC0047917 Sequatchie Tennessee
APSC
Anchistea virginica
HTTU000104 Johnson Tennessee
HTTU
Woodwardia virginica
BRIT193846 Blount Tennessee 15 Aug 1976 C. B. Wolfe
893
VDB
Woodwardia virginica
BRIT193849 Grundy Tennessee 14 May 1977 David H. Webb
812
VDB
Woodwardia virginica
BRIT193848 Grundy Tennessee 23 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1414
VDB
Anchistea virginica
TENN-V-0011482 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011492 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011471 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011506 White Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011525 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011488 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
UCHT001346 Hamilton Tennessee 04 Jul 2008 S. Huskins
1451
UCHT
Woodwardia virginica
31234100007507 Franklin Tennessee 01 Jul 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4992
EKY
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011487 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011500 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011474 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
ETSU032683 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Woodwardia virginica
BRIT193852 Sequatchie Tennessee 28 Oct 1950 Jesse M. Shaver
10750
VDB
Woodwardia virginica
BRIT500762 Grundy Tennessee 22 Sep 2005 Dwayne Estes
08395
VDB
Woodwardia virginica
BRIT193847 Marion Tennessee 23 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1413
VDB
Anchistea virginica
TENN-V-0011485 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011478 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
TENN-V-0011477 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Woodwardia virginica
APSC0106991 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Anchistea virginica
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