Top native eupolypods i
93 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
caterpillars
4
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Mountain Wood Fern
Dryopteris campyloptera
caterpillars
4
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Spinulose Wood Fern
Dryopteris carthusiana
caterpillars
3
food
7
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Male Fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
caterpillars
3
food
4
shelter
1
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Intermediate Wood Fern
Dryopteris intermedia
caterpillars
3
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Crested Wood Fern
Dryopteris cristata
caterpillars
3
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Goldie's Wood Fern
Dryopteris goldieana
caterpillars
3
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Fragrant Wood Fern
Dryopteris fragrans
caterpillars
3
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Log Fern
Dryopteris celsa
caterpillars
3
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Clinton's Wood Fern
Dryopteris clintoniana
caterpillars
3
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Spreading Wood Fern
Dryopteris expansa
caterpillars
2
food
4
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Western Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
4
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Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
3
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Coastal Woodfern
Dryopteris arguta
caterpillars
2
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Southern Sword Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
caterpillars
1
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Southern Wood Fern
Dryopteris ludoviciana
caterpillars
1
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Broad Halberd Fern
Tectaria heracleifolia
caterpillars
1
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Northern Holly Fern
Polystichum lonchitis
food
4
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Braun's Holly Fern
Polystichum braunii
food
4
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Resurrection Fern
Pleopeltis michauxiana
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Rock Polypody
Polypodium virginianum
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Licorice Fern
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
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California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
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Golden Polypody
Phlebodium aureum
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Leathery Polypody
Polypodium scouleri
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Appalachian Rockcap Fern
Polypodium appalachianum
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Narrowleaf Sword Fern
Polystichum imbricans
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Long Strapfern
Campyloneurum phyllitidis
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Nested Polypody
Polypodium calirhiza
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Lemmon's Holly Fern
Polystichum lemmonii
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ʻAe Lau Nui
Polypodium pellucidum
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Dudley's Shield Fern
Polystichum dudleyi
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Weeping Fern
Lepisorus thunbergianus
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Broad Sword Fern
Nephrolepis biserrata
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Wallich's Wood Fern
Dryopteris wallichiana
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Western Polypody
Polypodium hesperium
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Irregular Polypody
Polypodium amorphum
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Wahine Noho Mauna
Adenophorus tamariscinus
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Mountain Holly Fern
Polystichum scopulinum
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Elaphoglossum paleaceum
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California Shield Fern
Polystichum californicum
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Anderson's Holly Fern
Polystichum andersonii
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Kolokolo
Adenophorus tenellus
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Incised Halberd Fern
Tectaria incisa
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Elaphoglossum wawrae
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Rocky Mountain Polypody
Polypodium saximontanum
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Dryopteris glabra
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Plumed Rockcap Fern
Pecluma plumula
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Adenophorus hymenophylloides
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Royal Tonguefern
Elaphoglossum crassifolium