Gleicheniaceae
Drooping forkedfern
Dicranopteris flexuosa
- Family
- Gleicheniaceae
- Genus
- Dicranopteris
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Drooping forkedfern
Synonyms
- Dicranopteris flexuosa f. monstrosa (Hieron.) Nakai
- Dicranopteris pumila (Mart.) Nakai
- Dicranopteris rigida (Kunze) Nakai
- Dicranopteris scalpturata (Fée) Nakai
- Gleichenia flexuosa (Schrad.) Mett.
- Gleichenia flexuosa f. monstrosa Hieron.
- Gleichenia flexuosa f. zuccarinii Rosenst.
- Gleichenia rigida (Kunze) J.Bommer & Christ
- Mertensia flexuosa Schrad.
- Mertensia pumila Mart.
- Mertensia pumila (Schrank) Popov
- Mertensia rigida Kunze
- Mertensia scalpturata Fée
- Pteris dichotoma L.
- Sticherus dichotomus (L.) Copel.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Evaldo Resende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Deivy Velez Rodriguez, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paula Romano, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, 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.