Polypodium virginianum

Rock polypody

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Polypodium
Species:
P. virginianum
Binomial name
Polypodium virginianum
Synonyms
  • P. vinlandicum A. Love & D. Love,
  • P. vulgare L. var. americanum Hooker
  • P. vulgare L. var. virginianum (L.) D. C. Eaton

Polypodium virginianum, commonly known as rock polypody, rock cap fern, or common polypody, is a small evergreen species of fern native to the Eastern United States and Canada. It generally grows on rocks and occasionally on tree roots in nature.

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Polypodium virginianum Rock Polypody". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 9 October 2020.