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Oakleaf Fern

Drynaria quercifolia

Oakleaf Fern
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
Hainan to Trop. Asia and N. Australia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Drynaria quercifolia (synonym Aglaomorpha quercifolia), commonly known as the oakleaf fern or oakleaf basket fern, is a species of Drynaria in the family Polypodiaceae. Other common names for the fern are pakpak lawin, gurar, koi hin, ashvakatri, kabkab, kabkaban, or uphatkarul, Aatukāl kilangu.

Where it grows

Drynaria quercifolia is native to India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Australia.

Other Drynaria plants

Drynaria coronans · Drynaria heracleum · Drynaria bonii · Bear's Paw Fern · Drynaria novoguineensis · Basket fern · Drynaria roosii · Drynaria willdenowii · Drynaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drynaria quercifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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