Polypodiaceae
Redscale scaly polypody
Pleopeltis polylepis
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Pleopeltis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Redscale scaly polypody
Synonyms
- Drynaria vestita Fée
- Phlebodium polylepis (Roem.) Conz.
- Pleopeltis polylepis var. polylepis
- Polypodium polylepis Roem.; Kze.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Andrew J. Crawford, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abraham A. Gómez Landero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter Quakenbush, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gustavo ZaRo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter Quakenbush, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, 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.