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Pleopeltis polypodioides
Resurrection fern is a small evergreen epiphytic fern that grows on tree limbs and rocks, carpeting shaded bark in its native range. Its key trait is that it can dry out completely and then revive within hours of rain, which is why it is grown as a curiosity or in mounts rather than in soil.
Pleopeltis polypodioides, common name resurrection fern, is a species of creeping, coarse-textured fern native to the Americas and Africa.
Pleopeltis polypodioides resides in the hardwood forests of southeastern United States in areas including Delaware, Maryland, the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. Four clades exist: African, South America-Caribbean basin, Central America-Mexico, and North America.
Pleopeltis christensenii · Resurrection Fern · Scaly polypody · Pleopeltis segregata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pleopeltis polypodioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
