Dryopteridaceae
Northern hollyfern
Polystichum lonchitis
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Polystichum
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Common names
By language (20)
- Armenian
- Բանպոտ նիզականման
- Asturian
- Dientabrún
- Bulgarian
- Копиевиден многоредник
- Chinese
- 矛状耳蕨
- Czech
- Kapradina hrálovitá
- Dutch
- Lansvaren
- English
- Northern hollyfern, Holly fern
- Estonian
- Odajas astelsõnajalg
- Finnish
- Suippohärkylä
- French
- Polystic lonchite
- German
- Lanzen-Schildfarn, Lanzenfarn
- grc
- Λογχῖτις
- Hungarian
- Dárdás vesepáfrány
- Japanese
- ヒイラギデンダ, カラフトデンダ, クモイカグマ, ヒイラギシダ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Taggbregne
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Taggbregne, P. lonchitis
- Polish
- Paprotnik ostry
- Russian
- Многорядник копьевидный
- Slovenian
- Kopjasta podlesnica
- Swedish
- Taggbräken
Synonyms
- Aspidium lonchitis (L.) Sw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: maël chanteranne, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 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.