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Irregular polypody

Polypodium amorphum

Also called Pacific Polypody, Mountain Polypody

Irregular polypody
Photo: Jhorthos, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SW. British Columbia to N. Oregon

About

Polypodium amorphum is a species of fern with the common name irregular polypody, which grows near the northwest coast of North America.

Where it grows

This fern is native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, ranging from southern British Columbia to northern Oregon. It grows in the Olympics and on both sides of the Cascade crest, but on the drier (east) side only in damper spots at high elevation.

Other Polypodium plants

Polypodium abitaguae · Appalachian polypody · California polypody · Nested polypody · Southern Polypody · Polypodium chionolepis · Polypodium ensiforme · Licorice fern · Western polypody · Intermediate Polypody · Dotted polypody · Leathery polypody

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polypodium amorphum 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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