Index / Search / Ophioglossum vulgatum
§1 Plant
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.
vernacular southern adderstongue — species · Ophioglossaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Ophioglossaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Ophioglossum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 361 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 361 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Clay 05021
- Craighead 05031
- Cross 05037
- Drew 05043
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Little River 05081
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Morgan 18109
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- Sullivan 18153
- Union 18161
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Whitley 18183
Kentucky view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Franklin 21073
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Robertson 21201
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Mary 22101
- Union 22111
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Camden 37029
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Hyde 37095
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Rowan 37159
- Swain 37173
- Union 37179
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Marion 47115
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Perry 47135
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OPVU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2650133 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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