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Polypodium californicum
California polypody is a native evergreen fern of the Pacific coast and moist coastal foothills, often found growing on rocks, banks and tree trunks. It is grown in gardens where it can have cool, damp conditions and shade.
Polypodium californicum is a species of fern known by the common name California polypody.
It is native to Baja California and California, where it grows along the coastline as well as in moist spots in coastal foothills and mountain ranges in the southern part of its distribution.
Polypodium abitaguae · Irregular polypody · Appalachian 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 californicum 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.
