Dryopteridaceae
Simpler hollyfern
Arachniodes simplicior
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Arachniodes
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 長尾复葉耳蕨, 长尾复叶耳蕨, 异羽复叶耳蕨, 稀羽复叶耳蕨, 简单汝蕨, 多芒复叶耳蕨, 多芒複葉耳蕨, 多距复叶耳蕨
- English
- Simpler hollyfern
- Japanese
- ハカタシダ
Synonyms
- Arachniodes aristatissima Ching
- Arachniodes calcarata Ching
- Arachniodes fujiangensis Ching
- Arachniodes holttumii (Tagawa) Seriz.
- Arachniodes jiulungshanensis Ching
- Arachniodes liyangensis Ching & Y.Z.Lan
- Arachniodes parasimplicior Ching ex Y.T.Hsieh
- Arachniodes tibetana Ching & S.K.Wu
- Arachniodes yasu-inouei Sa.Kurata
- Arachniodes yasu-inouei var. angustipinnula Seriz.
- Aspidium aristatum var. simplicior Makino
- Aspidium aristatum var. simplicius Makino
- Byrsopteris simplicior (Makino) Sa.Kurata
- Polystichopsis simplicior (Makino) Tagawa
- Polystichum aristatum var. simplicior (Makino) Matsum.
- Polystichum simplicius (Makino) Tagawa
- Rumohra simplicior (Makino) Ching
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.