Vascular Plant Inventory 

of the 

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Conyers, Georgia, U.S.A.

Edition of September 30, 2014

Notes

1. The names of plants considered native to the Monastery's 2000+ acres are distinguished in bold type. 

2. The sequence of orders and families, virtually all of the botanical nomenclature, and most of the common names are borrowed from Alan S. Weakley's Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, available online from the Herbarium of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, at http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/FloraArchives/WeakleyFlora_2012-Nov.pdf.

3. The names of those plants that are (or were) in cultivation and not regarded as freely self-reproducing are, in general, omitted. The names of the relative few that have been documented with photographs are listed {but enclosed within curving brackets}. Some of these may eventually exhibit some level of sexual reproduction, such as bald cypress and overcup oak (both planted for wetland "restoration").

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PART ONE

Pteridophytes & Gymnosperms

PTERIDOPHYTES (Ferns and Fern Allies)

LYCOPODIALES

LYCOPODIACEAE

Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dillenius ex A. Braun) Holub [Lycopodium digitatum Dillenius ex A. Braun, Lycopodium flabelliforme (Fernald) Blanchard], "running-cedar"

ISOETALES

ISOETACEAE

Isoetes engelmannii A. Braun, "Engelmann's quillwort"

Lycopodioides apodum (Linnaeus) Kuntze [Selaginella apoda (Linnaeus) Fernald], "meadow spikemoss"

OPHIOGLOSSALES

Botrypus virginianus [Botrychium virginianum], "rattlesnake fern"	Ophioglossum pycnostichum  [Ophioglossum vulgatum var. pycnostichum], "southern adder's-tongue"	Sceptridium biternatum [Botrychium biternatum], "southern grapefern"	Sceptridium dissectum [Botrychium dissectum], "cutleaf grape fern"

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OSMUNDALES

OSMUNDACEAE

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (Linnaeus) C. Presl [Osmunda cinnamomea Linnaeus], "cinnamon fern"

Osmunda spectabilis Willdenow [Osmunda regalis Linnaeus var. spectabilis (Willdenow) A. Gray], "American royal fern"

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum [Osmunda cinnamomea], "cinnamon fern"	Osmunda spectabilis [Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis], "American royal fern"

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SCHIZAEALES

LYGODIACEAE    

Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg) Swartz, "Japanese climbing fern"

Lygodium japonicum, "Japanese climbing fern"

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POLYPODIALES

DENNSTAEDTIACEAE

Pteridium aquilinum (Linnaeus) Kuhn ssp. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Hultén [Pteridium aquilinum (Linnaeus) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Heller], "tailed bracken"

Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pseudocaudatum, "tailed bracken"

 

PTERIDACEAE

Cheilanthes lanosa (Michaux) D.C. Eaton, "hairy lipfern"

Cheilanthes lanosa, "hairy lipfern"

 

ASPLENIACEAE

Asplenium platyneuron (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg, "ebony spleenwort"

Asplenium platyneuron, "ebony spleenwort"

 

THELYPTERIDACEAE

Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudichaud-Beaupré) Ching [Thelypteris torresiana (Gaudichaud-Beaupré) Alston], "Mariana maiden fern"

Thelypteris kunthii (Desvaux) C.V. Morton [Thelypteris normalis (C. Christensen) Moxley], "maiden fern"

Thelypteris noveboracensis (Linnaeus) Nieuwland, "New York fern"

Macrothelypteris torresiana [Thelypteris torresiana], "Mariana maiden fern"	Thelypteris kunthii [Thelypteris normalis], "maiden fern"	Thelypteris noveboracensis, "New York fern"

 

WOODSIACEAE

Woodsia obtusa (Sprengel) Torrey ssp. obtusa, "blunt-lobed cliff fern"

Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa, "blunt-lobed cliff fern"

 

ONOCLEACEAE

Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus var. sensibilis, "sensitive fern"

Onoclea sensibilis var. sensibilis, "sensitive fern"

 

BLECHNACEAE

Woodwardia areolata (Linnaeus) T. Moore [Lorinseria areolata (Linnaeus) K. Presl], "net-vein chain fern"

Woodwardia areolata [Lorinseria areolata], "net-vein chain fern"

Athyrium asplenioides [Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides], "southern lady fern"

 

DRYOPTERIDACEAE

Cyrtomium falcatum (Linnaeus f.) K. Presl, "holly fern"

Dryopteris erythrosora (D.C. Eaton) Kuntze, "autumn fern"

Polystichum acrostichoides (Michaux) Schott, "Christmas fern"

Cyrtomium falcatum, "holly fern"	Dryopteris erythrosora, "autumn fern"	Polystichum acrostichoides, "Christmas fern"

 

POLYPODIACEAE

Pleopeltis polypodioides (Linnaeus) E.G. Andrews & Windham ssp. michauxiana (Weatherby) E.G. Andrews & Windham [Polypodium polypodioides (Linnaeus) Watt var. michauxianum Weatherby], "resurrection fern"

Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana [Polypodium polypodioides var. michauxianum], "resurrection fern"

Pinus echinata, "shortleaf pine"	Pinus taeda, "loblolly pine"	{Tsuga canadensis, "Canada hemlock"}

{Cunninghamia lanceolata, "China-fir"}	Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, "eastern redcedar"	{Taxodium distichum, "bald-cypress"}