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Polypodium calirhizum
Nested polypody is a small evergreen fern native to California, Oregon and parts of Mexico, often growing on oak tree bark or rock outcrops. It is a hybrid of two other polypody ferns and is undemanding once given shade and moisture.
Polypodium calirhiza is a species of fern in the polypody family. Its common names include nested polypody and habit polypody. It is found in California and Oregon in the U.S., and several states of Mexico: Colima, Jalisco, Mexico State, Oaxaca, and Veracruz. The leaflets on each leaf are broad and oval-shaped, coming to a dull point. This fern is sometimes epiphytic.
The name of this species is a conflation of Polypodium californicum and Polypodium glycyrrhiza, because this species arose as a hybrid between those two species. It was not recognized as a separate species until 1991.
Polypodium abitaguae · Irregular polypody · Appalachian polypody · California polypody · Southern Polypody · Polypodium chionolepis · Polypodium ensiforme · Licorice fern · Western polypody · Intermediate Polypody · Dotted polypody · Leathery polypody
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