North Carolina Ferns and “Fern Allies”: a survey Ferns of North Carolina • 122 species, in 46 genera, in 22 families • from sea level to tops of Mount Mitchell • in nearly all habitats (under water and dry sands and rocks) Lycopodiaceae • 14 species Selaginellaceae • 6 species (2 aliens) Isoetaceae • 9 species – more on the way Psilotaceae • 1 species (alien?, new to NC) Equisetaceae • 3 species (1 alien, newly documented for NC) Azollaceae • 1 species Salviniaceae • 1 species (alien) Marsileaceae • 1 species (alien) Hymenophyllaceae • Filmy ferns (Trichomanes petersii) Ophioglossaceae • 16 species New Yorker cartoon by Charles Saxon, Sept. 12, 1983 Osmundaceae • 3 species Dennstaedtiaceae • 3 species Pteridaceae • 8 species Aspleniaceae • 12 species Dryopteridaceae • 24 species (1 alien) Thelypteridaceae • 6 species Blechnaceae • 2 species Polypodiaceae • 3 species Schizaeaceae • 1 species Lygodiaceae • 2 species (1 alien) Grammitidaceae • 1 species Vittariaceae • 1 species Changes -- 1 • New systematics – monographs, revisions, studies using traditional approaches – cladistic approaches – molecular systematics • New nomenclature – continued “nontaxonomic” changes in nomenclature Changes -- 2 • New discoveries – new natives are found to be (and to have been) in the Carolinas – new aliens become established in the Carolinas • differing criteria for inclusion in floras Changes -- 4 • Additions to the flora – by description (new circumscription) [+250] – re-elevation from synonymy [net +250] • New discoveries and new arrivals – “finds” (natives new to the flora area) [+250] – naturalization [+250] • Rearrangements of lower taxa [plenty] • New nomenclature [plenty] New species and infrataxa • Gymnocarpium appalachianum Pryer & Haufler • Huperzia appalachiana Beitel & Mickel • Hymenophyllum tayloriae Farrar & Raine • Isoetes appalachiana Brunton & Britton • Isoetes hyemalis Brunton • Lycopodium hickeyi W.H. Wagner, Beitel, & R.C. Moran • Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham • Trichomanes intricatum Farrar • Vittaria appalachiana Farrar & Mickel • Additional Isoetes in the works New taxonomic concepts -- species • Isoetes New natives to the Carolinas • Bog Fern (Thelypteris simulata) • Fragile Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) • Northern Bog Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata) • Leather Grapefern (Sceptridium multifidum) • Daisyleaf Moonwort (Botrychium matricariifolium) • Least Moonwort (Botrychium simplex) • Lanceleaf Moonwort (Botrychium lanceolatum var. angustisegmentum) •etc… New aliens to the Carolinas •Holly Fern(Cyrtomium falcatum) •Holly Fern(Cyrtomium fortunei) • Giant Water Spangles (Salvinia molesta) • Curly-grass Fern (Schizaea pusilla) • European Water-clover (Marsilea quadrifolia) Out of synonymy • Appalachian Woodsia (Woodsia appalachiana from W. scopulina) • Tree Ground-pine (Dendrolycopodium dendroideum from Dendrolycopodium obscurum) Generic splits • Lycopodium Æ Lycopodium, Diphasiastrum, Huperzia, Lycopodiella, Palhinhaea, Pseudolycopodiella • Grammitis Æ Micropolypodium • Athyrium Æ Athyrium, Deparia, Diplazium • Botrychium Æ Botrychium, Botrypus, Sceptridium • Thelypteris Æ Macrothelypteris, Thelypteris, Phegoteris Generic splits – future “attractions”? • Thelypteris Æ Parathelypteris, Christella, Thelypteris, Cyclosorus, Stegnogramma • Selaginella Æ Bryodesma, Lycopodioides Phylogenetic families • Traditional morphological, cytological, anatomical criteria • Cladistic analyses • Molecular data “Lycopodium” Diphasiastrum digitatum (=Lycopodium digitatum, Lycopodium flabelliforme, Lycopodium complanatum var. flabelliforme) Running-cedar Ground-pine Ground Cedar Running Clubmoss Hag’s-bed Southern Running Pine Fan clubmoss Crowfoot club-moss Southern ground-cedar Trailing ground-pine Lycopode en évantail Lycopode aplati Lycopodiaceae of the Carolinas Radford, Ahles, & Bell (1968) Now change Lycopodium selago ---- new species named, this species not in Carolinas ---- Huperzia appressa new species (replacing former “selago”) Lycopodium lucidulum Huperzia lucidula generic split Lycopodium porophilum Huperzia porophila generic split Lycopodium flabelliforme Diphasiastrum digitatum new nomenclature + generic split Lycopodium tristachyum Diphasiastrum tristachyum generic split Lycopodium clavatum Lycopodium clavatum NO CHANGE!! Lycopodium obscurum Dendrolycopodium obscurum narrower concept + new genus " Dendrolycopodium dendroideum resplit species + new genus " Dendrolycopodium hickeyi new species + new genus Lycopodium carolinianum Pseudolycopodiella carolinianum generic split Lycopodium alopecuroides Lycopodiella alopecuroides resplit species + generic split " Lycopodiella prostrata resplit species + generic split Lycopodium appressum Lycopodiella appressa generic split --- Lycopodiella inundata native species newly discovered in Carolinas --- Palhinhaea cernua non-native species newly discovered in Carolinas Regional diversity Main fern habitats • moist forests -- 53 • rock outcrops -- 41 • aquatic situations -- 8 • bogs -- 6 • dry forests -- 5 • savannas -- 4 • other wetlands -- 4 • sandhills -- 1.