Polypodiaceae
Rock polypody
Polypodium virginianum
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Polypodium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- سرخس فرجينياني
- arz
- سرخس فرجينيانى
- Chinese
- 北美多足蕨, 东北多足蕨, 假友水龙骨
- English
- Rock polypody
Synonyms
- Polypodium vinlandicum Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Polypodium virginianum f. acuminatum Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. alato-multifidum Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. bipinnatifidum Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. biserratum (Millsp.) M.Broun
- Polypodium virginianum f. brachypteron Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. cambricoides F.W.Gray
- Polypodium virginianum f. chondroides Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. churchiae Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. deltoideum Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. elongatum Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. subsimplex Fernald
- Polypodium virginianum f. virginianum
- Polypodium vulgare f. biserratum Millsp.
- Polypodium vulgare f. brachypteron Ridlon
- Polypodium vulgare f. deltoideum Gilbert
- Polypodium vulgare f. elongatum Jewell
- Polypodium vulgare f. hastatum Gilbert
- Polypodium vulgare f. marginale Gilbert
- Polypodium vulgare f. projectum Fernald
- Polypodium vulgare f. pygmaeum (Schur) M.Broun
- Polypodium vulgare f. rotundatum Ridlon
- Polypodium vulgare subsp. virginianum (L.) Hultén
- Polypodium vulgare subsp. virginicum (L.) Fernald
- Polypodium vulgare var. acuminatum Gilbert
- Polypodium vulgare var. alato-multifidum Gilbert
- Polypodium vulgare var. americanum Hook.
- Polypodium vulgare var. bifido-multifidum Gilbert
- Polypodium vulgare var. deceptum Maxon
- Polypodium vulgare var. virginianum (L.) Eaton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Samuel Thomas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Brandon Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: matthew kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Emily Young, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Peter R, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.