Dryopteridaceae
Rusty swordfern
Polystichum echinatum
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Polystichum
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Polystichum echinatumDryopteridaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rusty swordfern
Synonyms
- Aspidium trapezoides Sw.
- Aspidium triangulum var. falcatum Kuhn
- Aspidium triangulum var. trapezoides (Sw.) Griseb.
- Aspidium triangulum var. trapezoides Kuhn
- Aspidium triangulum var. trapezoides (Sw.) Kuhn
- Aspidium viviparum var. trapezoides Jenman
- Nephrodium sloanei C.Presl
- Polypodium echinatum J.F.Gmel.
- Polypodium muricatum Sw.
- Polystichum cyphochlamys Fée
- Polystichum sloanei C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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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.