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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Eupolypods I
  7. Polypody Family

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Polypody Family

Polypodiaceae

Includes
25 native 8 introduced 21 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Polypodioideae 19 native
  • Grammitid Ferns 5 native
  • Microsoroideae 1 native
  • Platycerioideae
  • Drynarioideae
  • Loxogrammoideae

Range

United States

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

Top native polypody family members All

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

  • Resurrection Fern Pleopeltis michauxiana
  • Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum
  • Licorice Fern Polypodium glycyrrhiza
  • California Polypody Polypodium californicum
  • Golden Polypody Phlebodium aureum
  • Leathery Polypody Polypodium scouleri
  • Appalachian Rockcap Fern Polypodium appalachianum
  • Long Strapfern Campyloneurum phyllitidis
  • Nested Polypody Polypodium calirhiza
  • ʻAe Lau Nui Polypodium pellucidum
  • Weeping Fern Lepisorus thunbergianus
  • Western Polypody Polypodium hesperium
  • Irregular Polypody Polypodium amorphum
  • Wahine Noho Mauna Adenophorus tamariscinus
  • Kolokolo Adenophorus tenellus
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