Thelypteridaceae
Beech fern
Phegopteris connectilis
- Family
- Thelypteridaceae
- Genus
- Phegopteris
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Common names
By language (22)
- Belarusian
- Тэліптэрыс букавы
- Bulgarian
- Буков фегоптерис
- Chinese
- 卵果蕨, 長柄假金星蕨, 广羽金星蕨, 长柄假金星蕨, 长柄卵果蕨, 西藏卵果蕨
- cv
- Бук упа курăкĕ
- Czech
- Bukovinec osladičovitý
- Danish
- Dunet Egebregne
- Dutch
- Smalle beukvaren
- English
- Beech fern, Long beechfern, Long beech fern
- Estonian
- Harilik metssõnajalg
- Finnish
- Korpi-imarre
- French
- Phégoptéris faux-polypode
- German
- Buchenfarn
- Hungarian
- Bükkös buglyospáfrány
- Japanese
- ミヤマワラビ
- Korean
- 가래고사리
- Lithuanian
- Plaukuotasis papartuolis
- myv
- Алганжей тикше
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hengeving
- Polish
- Zachyłka oszczepowata
- Russian
- Буковник обыкновенный
- Slovenian
- Navadna bukovčica
- Swedish
- Hultbräken
Synonyms
- Aspidium phegopteris (L.) Baumg.
- Aspidium phegopteris f. geminatum G.Piep.
- Dryopteris phegopteris (L.) C.Chr.
- Dryopteris phegopteris var. cruciata (Kaulf.) C.Chr.
- Gymnocarpium phegopteris (L.) Newman
- Lastrea phegopteris Bory
- Lastrea phegopteris Bory ex Newnham
- Nephrodium phegopteris (L.) Prantl
- Nephrodium phegopteris (L.) Baumg. ex Diels
- Phegopteris connectilis var. cruciata (Kaulf.) Tzvelev
- Phegopteris phegopteris (L.) Keyserl.
- Phegopteris phegopteris var. intermedia (Hook.) Trel.
- Phegopteris polypodioides Fée
- Phegopteris tibetica Ching
- Phegopteris vulgaris Mett.
- Phegopteris vulgaris f. alata (Krieger) Bergdolt
- Phegopteris vulgaris f. bifida (Krieger) Bergdolt
- Phegopteris vulgaris f. erosa (Müll.-Knatz) Bergdolt
- Phegopteris vulgaris f. geminata (J.J.H.Schmidt) Bergdolt
- Phegopteris vulgaris f. triphylla (Krieger) Bergdolt
- Phegopteris vulgaris var. acuta (W.Zimm.) Bergdolt
- Phegopteris vulgaris var. nephrodioides (Christ) Bergdolt
- Phegopteris vulgaris var. obtusidentata (Warnst.) Bergdolt
- Phegopteris vulgaris var. setosa (W.Zimm.) Bergdolt
- Polypodium connectile Michx.
- Polypodium cruciatum Kaulf.
- Polypodium intermedium Rupr.
- Polypodium latebrosum Salisb.
- Polypodium phegopteris L.
- Polypodium phegopteris var. connectile (Michx.) Alph.Wood
- Polypodium phegopteris var. intermedium Hook.
- Polypodium phegopteris var. majus Hook.
- Polypodium phegopteris var. minus Hook.
- Polypodium villosum Dulac
- Polystichum phegopteris (L.) Roth
- Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Sloss.
- Thelypteris phegopteris var. cruciata (Kaulf.) Ching
- Thelypteris tibetica (Ching) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Photo: Sean Grasing, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Evan M. Raskin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev, 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.