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Dotted polypody

Polypodium pellucidum

Also called ʻae Lau Nui

Dotted polypody
Photo: National Park Service, Public domain
Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
Hawaiian Is.

About

Polypodium pellucidum (ʻAe) is a species of fern which grows on lava flows in Hawaii.

Other Polypodium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polypodium pellucidum 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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