Index / Search / Trichomanes boschianum
§1 Plant
Trichomanes boschianum Sturm
vernacular Appalachian bristle fern — species · Hymenophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Hymenophyllaceae Mart.
- Genus
- Trichomanes
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 71 counties across 13 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 71 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Caldwell 21033
- Carter 21043
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Morgan 21175
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/TRBO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3607273 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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