Osmunda cinnamomea L. Cinnamon Fern. Common and 

 abundant on the mainland in wet woods and borders of swamps; 

 occasional in roadside ditches. Fiddleheads appear about the 

 first week of March and mature spores may be found early in 

 May. 



Records. Bachman: Charleston. Bragg: Charleston Navy 

 Yard (H), Georgetown County, Otranto (H), Summerville, 

 Sumter. Coker: Hartsville, Ten Mile. Ravenel: Santee Canal. 

 Osmunda spectabilis Willd. Royal Fern. Common but less 

 abundant than 0. cinnamomea, with which it is usually associated. 

 Spores mature in May. 



Records. Bachman: Charleston. Bragg: Charleston Navy 

 Yard (H), Ten Mile. Coker: Hartsville, Ten Mile. Ravenel: 

 Santee Canal. 



Polypodium vulgare L. Common Polypody. Recorded by 

 Bachman only and that probably erroneously, as he fails to list 

 the very common P. polypodioides. 



Polypodium polypodioides (L.) A. S. Hitchcock. Resurrec- 

 tion Fern; Gray Polypody. Common throughout the coast- 

 al region on trunks and large branches of trees, particularly of 

 live oaks. Occasionally found in sand at the base of trees and 

 on old buildings, even on tile roofs. In mild seasons, such as 

 1913 and 1914, growth continues throughout the year and pro- 

 thallia and young plants may be found in January. This and 

 Pteridium aquilinum are the common ferns of the sandy coast 

 islands; both are found throughout the state. 



Records. Bragg: Cainhoy, Charleston, Ingleside, Isle of Palms 

 (H), Otranto, Santee Swamp, Ten Mile. Coker: Hartsville, 

 Isle of Palms. Porcher: St. Johns Berkeley (H). Ravenel: 

 Santee Canal (H). Robinson: Summerville (Gray Herb.). 



Pteris serrulata L. f. A tradition persists in Charleston that 

 the common introduced fern now determined as Pteris serrulata 

 L. f. was brought here from Europe by the Huguenots, and it is 

 often called the Huguenot or Mediterranean Fern. On the other 

 hand, local students claim that Prof. Lewis R. Gibbes discovered 



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