Cystopteris tennesseensis

ClassificationPteridophytes
FamilyWoodsiaceae
Family (Traditional)Woodsiaceae
GenusCystopteris
Species:Cystopteris tennesseensis Shaver
Common NameTennessee Bladderfern
Growth Habitfern
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 2.5; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: fern-like; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; 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: round sori; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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
Cystopteris fragilis var. simulans Cystopteris fragilis var. simulans (Weatherby) McGregor
Cystopteris fragilis var. tennesseensis Cystopteris fragilis var. tennesseensis (Shaver) McGregor
Cystopteris tennesseensis Cystopteris × tennesseensis Shaver
Cystopteris tennesseensis Cystopteris tennesseensis Shaver

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: Barren (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Crittenden (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Larue (KY), Lincoln (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Menifee (KY), Morgan (KY), Oldham (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rowan (KY), Warren (KY), Wayne (KY), Woodford (KY), Bedford (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Cannon (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hardin (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Lewis (TN), Lincoln (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Trousdale (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, KNK, MDKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1934 - 2011

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31973000004196 Rowan Kentucky 03 Aug 1988 Risk, Allen
1821
KNK
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31973000003769 McCreary Kentucky 30 Jul 1989 Risk, Allen
3623
KNK
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31973000004194 Menifee Kentucky 15 Jun 1998 Risk, Allen
10835
KNK
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001488 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001486 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001483 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009414 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009573 Woodford Kentucky
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009376 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009375 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009392 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009388 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009412 Trousdale Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
UCHT003709 Grundy Tennessee 03 May 1941 Eleanor McGilliard
952
UCHT
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010113 Cumberland Kentucky 13 Sep 1997 Carrie L. Tilton
89
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100726817 Garrard Kentucky 05 Sep 2010 W. W. Overbeck
847
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31973000004195 Menifee Kentucky 15 Jun 1998 Risk, Allen
10843
KNK
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009386 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009410 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009397 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009574 Woodford Kentucky
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009398 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009399 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009391 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009372 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009413 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047850 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047849 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010204 Madison Kentucky 27 Aug 1977 J. Stuart Lassetter
2669
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001487 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001489 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001491 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009383 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009405 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009378 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009407 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009394 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009373 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009377 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009380 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0089138 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047859 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066399 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010139 Cumberland Kentucky 13 Sep 1997 Carrie L. Tilton
109
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010196 Madison Kentucky 16 Jul 1998 James B. Beck
437
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100009818 Breckinridge Kentucky 15 Jul 2003 Ronald L. Jones
9445
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100726783 Garrard Kentucky 22 Aug 2010 W. W. Overbeck
757
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009400 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009385 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009415 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009374 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009389 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009409 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009403 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
UCHT003708 Van Buren Tennessee 23 May 2002 Chris A. Fleming, D. K. Smith, Keith Bowman
FCF-2099
UCHT
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0065108 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047860 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001484 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001494 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001485 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001490 Morgan Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001493 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009411 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009381 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009393 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009396 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
UCHT006451 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066389 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066398 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0065109 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066477 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0050680 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010170 Woodford Kentucky 25 May 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2848
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010121 Cumberland Kentucky 13 Sep 1997 Carrie L. Tilton
90
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010287 Lincoln Kentucky 03 Jul 1991 Ronald L. Jones
7395a
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010188 Woodford Kentucky 19 Jun 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2902
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009402 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009370 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009406 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009395 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009387 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
UCHT003710 White Tennessee 12 Aug 2010 Sunny Hart
42
UCHT
Cystopteris tennesseensis
UCHT003707 Marion Tennessee 27 May 2011 E. Blyveis
667
UCHT
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066393 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047858 Hickman Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066401 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100733169 Crittenden Kentucky 21 Jul 1979 Max E. Medley
1192-79
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31234100010212 Fayette Kentucky 01 Jan 1997 Danny Husband
80
EKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31973000003770 McCreary Kentucky 30 Jul 1989 Risk, Allen
3623
KNK
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001492 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MDKY00001482 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009404 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009408 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009401 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009390 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009382 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066400 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047862 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047851 Christian Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0068826 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
31973000004193 Menifee Kentucky 07 Aug 1940
s.n.
KNK
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009371 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009416 White Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009384 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
TENN-V-0009379 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047855 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066448 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047863 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066496 Logan Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188527 Wilson Tennessee 23 Sep 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10467
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188509 Maury Tennessee 08 Oct 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10520
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188164 Coffee Tennessee 09 Jun 1969 Kurt E. Blum
3711
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188517 Smith Tennessee 20 Jul 1950 Don Caplenor
393
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188513 Rutherford Tennessee 23 Aug 1947 Jesse M. Shaver
9776
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047864 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047856 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047878 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047899 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066402 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047861 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047857 Logan Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0067288 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188529 Wilson Tennessee 02 Oct 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10525
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188530 Wilson Tennessee 23 Sep 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10467
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188521 Trousdale Tennessee 02 Oct 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10523
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188163 Bedford Tennessee 08 May 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10464
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188512 Rutherford Tennessee 23 Aug 1947 Jesse M. Shaver
9776
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT186635 Hickman Tennessee 31 Aug 1934 Jesse M. Shaver
412
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0064927 Hickman Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066485 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0079221 Jessamine Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0065110 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
UOS08778 Franklin Tennessee 20 May 2005 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Cystopteris tennesseensis
UOS08779 Franklin Tennessee 29 Jul 2008 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Cystopteris tennesseensis
UOS08777 Franklin Tennessee 04 Jun 2010 Katie Qualls
UOS
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188515 Smith Tennessee 10 Jun 1944 Jesse M. Shaver
7885
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188511 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Oct 1984 Landon E. McKinney
01610
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188519 Smith Tennessee 26 Jun 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10427
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MEM001591 Wayne Kentucky 08 May 1960 Thomas N. McCoy
s.n.
MEM
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188516 Smith Tennessee 26 Jun 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10427
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188493 DeKalb Tennessee 16 Oct 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10515
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188497 Giles Tennessee 30 May 1948 Jesse M. Shaver
10220
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188520 Trousdale Tennessee 24 Apr 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10485
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188500 Hickman Tennessee 31 Aug 1934 Jesse M. Shaver
411
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188502 Hickman Tennessee 20 Sep 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10526
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188518 Smith Tennessee 02 Oct 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10522
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188498 Giles Tennessee 30 Apr 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10470
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0047884 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188514 Smith Tennessee 26 Jun 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10444
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188507 Marshall Tennessee 08 May 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10460
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188496 Giles Tennessee 30 May 1948 Jesse M. Shaver
10220
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188501 Hickman Tennessee 06 May 1973 R. Kral
52619
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188532 Wilson Tennessee 23 Sep 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10467
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188525 Wilson Tennessee 23 Sep 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10467
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188503 Hickman Tennessee 31 Aug 1934 Jesse M. Shaver
413
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
APSC0066404 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188523 Williamson Tennessee 02 Jul 1987 Lisa Kelly
828
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188495 Giles Tennessee 30 May 1948 Jesse M. Shaver
10220
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188526 Wilson Tennessee 23 Sep 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10467
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188165 Cannon Tennessee 19 Mar 1948 Jesse M. Shaver
10465
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188524 Williamson Tennessee 05 Aug 1988 Lisa Kelly
1915
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188531 Wilson Tennessee 11 Aug 1966 D. P. Whittier
s.n
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188522 Wayne Tennessee 21 Sep 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10531
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
BRIT188505 Humphreys Tennessee 21 Sep 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10535
VDB
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MEM008254 McCreary Kentucky 15 Oct 1960 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
2728
MEM
Cystopteris tennesseensis
MEM008252 McCreary Kentucky 15 Oct 1960 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
2726
MEM
Cystopteris tennesseensis
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