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Polypodium virginianum
Also called American Wall Fern, Rockcap Fern, Virginia Polypody, Virginia Rock Polypody, American Polypody, Common Polypody, Common Rock Polypody
Polypodium virginianum, commonly known as rock polypody, rock cap fern, or common polypody, is a small evergreen species of fern native to the Eastern United States and Canada. It generally grows on rocks and occasionally on tree roots in nature.
Polypodium virginianum typically grows on boulders, cliffs, and rocky slopes and does not need well-developed soil. It is common throughout eastern North America; its native distribution ranges from Newfoundland to Yukon south to Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas.
Polypodium abitaguae · Irregular polypody · Appalachian polypody · California polypody · Nested polypody · Southern Polypody · Polypodium chionolepis · Polypodium ensiforme · Licorice fern · Western polypody · Intermediate Polypody · Dotted polypody
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polypodium virginianum 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.
