Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Section: Common Name: Scientific Name: Family:
Account for Japanese Painted Fern - Anisocampium niponicum   (Mettenius) Y.C. Liu, W.L. Chiou, & M. Kato
Members of Athyriaceae:
Only member of Anisocampium in NC.
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Author(Mettenius) Y.C. Liu, W.L. Chiou, & M. Kato
DistributionReported from the Piedmont, in Weakley et al. (2025). However, a check of SERNEC collections in December 2025 yielded only a specimen form a planted ornamental in Buncombe County (Ibarra 9077 WWC).

Native to Japan.
AbundanceRecent report(s) from the Piedmont; extremely rare as an escape.
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Phenology
IdentificationThis exotic fern has fronds that are variegated, silvery-gray and gray-green in color.
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State RankSE
Global RankGNR
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