| Author | (L.) C. Presl | |
| Distribution | So far known only from Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Wilson and Onslow counties. First discovered by Gil Grant in 2002 in a ditch at a golf country club in Onslow Co.
Native of eastern Asia; in N.A. in southern CA and scattered in the southeastern states. | |
| Abundance | Very rare. | |
| Habitat | Roadside ditch, mossy creek bank, "base of brick building". | |
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| Identification | Japanese Holly-fern is easy to identify, due to its bright green, broadly oval, sharply taper-pointed pinnae. C. fortunei has 10-25 pairs of pinnae (vs. 4-10 pairs of pinnae in C. falcatum). | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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