Thelypteridaceae

Broad beechfern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée

Family: Thelypteridaceae
Genus: Phegopteris

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Broad beechfern (Phegopteris hexagonoptera) — LeavesPhoto: hr_dragonfly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Broad beechfern
French: Phégoptère à hexagones

Synonyms

Dryopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) C.Chr.
Dryopteris hexagonoptera f. furcata C.F.Reed
Dryopteris hexagonoptera f. furcata C.F.Reed
Dryopteris hexagonoptera f. simonii C.F.Reed
Dryopteris hexagonoptera f. simonii C.F.Reed
Lastrea hexagonoptera Nieuwl.
Nephrodium hexagonopterum (Michx.) Diels
Phegopteris hexagonoptera f. ternata Neidorf
Polypodium cicutarium Poir.
Polypodium hexagonopterum Michx.
Polypodium phegopteris var. hexagonopterum (Michx.) Alph.Wood
Polypodium phegopteris var. hexagonopterum (Michx.) Wood
Thelypteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Weath.
Thelypteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) B.K.Nayar & Kaur
Thelypteris hexagonoptera f. furcata (C.F.Reed) C.F.Reed
Thelypteris hexagonoptera f. furcata (C.F.Reed) C.F.Reed
Thelypteris hexagonoptera f. simonii (C.F.Reed) C.F.Reed
Thelypteris hexagonoptera f. simonii (C.F.Reed) C.F.Reed

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

LeavesPhoto: hr_dragonfly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Natalie Waddell-Rutter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Frank Morgan, CC BY-SA 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.