PLANTS Profile for Ophioglossum vulgatum (southern adderstongue)

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Ophioglossum vulgatum L.
southern adderstongue

Symbol:

OPVU

Group:

Fern

Family:

Ophioglossaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

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Synonyms:
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

	OPPY3	Ophioglossum pycnostichum (Fernald) Á. Löve & D. Löve
	OPVUP2	Ophioglossum vulgatum L. var. pycnostichum Fernald

Distribution:
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

View 5 genera in Ophioglossaceae, 12 species in Ophioglossum

Classification:
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Ophioglossales
Family	Ophioglossaceae – Adder's-tongue family
Genus	Ophioglossum L. – adderstongue
Species	Ophioglossum vulgatum L. – southern adderstongue

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Michigan:
southeastern adder's tongue		Threatened
New Jersey:
Ophioglossum vulgatum var. pycnostichum
southern adder's-tongue		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Ophioglossum pycnostichum
southeastern adder's tongue		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

FACW-

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565333.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 01:47 AM CDT