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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Tectaria Family
  7. Halberd Fern

genus

Halberd Fern

Tectaria

Traits
Includes
4 native 5 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Tectaria is a genus of fern in the family Tectariaceae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Halberd fern is a common name for species in this genus.

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  • Broad Halberd Fern native
  • Tectaria harlandii present
  • Tectaria membranacea
  • Tectaria polymorpha present
  • Tectaria subtriphylla present
  • Incised Halberd Fern native
  • Tectaria decurrens present
  • Tectaria zeilanica
  • Tectaria coadunata present
  • 'Iwa 'Iwa Lau Nui native
  • Threeleaf Halberd Fern
  • Tectaria melanocaulos
  • Least Halberd Fern native
  • Tectaria gemmifera
  • Tectaria crenata
  • Tectaria cicutaria
  • Tectaria sulitii
  • Tectaria nayarii
  • Tectaria moorei
  • Tectaria coriandrifolia

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Fern Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native halberd fern All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Broad Halberd Fern Tectaria heracleifolia caterpillars 1
  • Incised Halberd Fern Tectaria incisa
  • 'Iwa 'Iwa Lau Nui Tectaria gaudichaudii
  • Least Halberd Fern Tectaria fimbriata

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