Blechnaceae
Hammock fern
Blechnum occidentale
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Genus
- Blechnum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hammock fern
Synonyms
- Blechnum acuminatum Fée
- Blechnum campylotis (Kunze) J.Sm.
- Blechnum cartilagineum Schkuhr
- Blechnum cillatum M.Martens & Galeotti
- Blechnum cognatum C.Presl
- Blechnum cunninghamii T.Moore
- Blechnum drepanophyllum Trevis.
- Blechnum extensum Fée
- Blechnum falcatum Link
- Blechnum flaccisquama A.Rojas
- Blechnum galeottii T.Moore
- Blechnum glandulosum Wall.
- Blechnum haenkeanum Trevis.
- Blechnum helveolum Fée
- Blechnum humile Salisb.
- Blechnum lomariaceum Sodiro
- Blechnum lomarioides Sodiro
- Blechnum meridionale var. pubirhachis Rosenst.
- Blechnum mucronatum Fée
- Blechnum occidentale f. bifidum Hahne
- Blechnum occidentale f. pubirhachis (Rosenthal) Lellinger
- Blechnum occidentale var. campylotis (Kunze) Farw.
- Blechnum occidentale var. cunninghamii (T.Moore) Baker
- Blechnum occidentale var. lacerata Rosenst.
- Blechnum occidentale var. lomarioides (Sodiro) J.Bommer & Christ
- Blechnum occidentale var. majus E.Fourn.
- Blechnum occidentale var. minus E.Fourn.
- Blechnum occidentale var. occidentale
- Blechnum occidentale var. pallidum Suess.
- Blechnum occidentale var. pectinatum Hook.
- Blechnum occidentale var. puberulum Sodiro
- Blechnum occidentale var. solutum Kuhn ex E.Fourn.
- Blechnum pectinatum Hook.
- Blechnum puberulum (Sodiro) A.Rojas
- Blechnum rugosum T.Moore
- Blechnum scaberulum Sodiro
- Blechnum sodiroi C.Chr.
- Blechnum suburbicum Vell.
- Blechnum triangulatum J.Sm.
- Lomaria campylotis Kunze
and 2 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Grace Merkert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pablo Cauã da Silva Toledo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: melipojardim, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: melipojardim, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: miren_6, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Gabriel Jovêncio Ribeiro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Olivier Chiodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Ketley Barreto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.