Schizaeaceae
Schizaea dichotoma
- Family
- Schizaeaceae
- Genus
- Schizaea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 分枝莎草蕨, 枝莎蕨
- Thai
- ตาลซ่าน
- Tongan
- Masalu
Synonyms
- Acrostichum dichotomum L.
- Lophidium dichotomum Maxon
- Osmunda dichotoma Spreng.
- Ripidium dichotomum Bernh.
- Schizaea biroi Richter
- Schizaea copelandica Richter
- Schizaea cristata Willd.
- Schizaea dichotoma var. forsteri (Spreng.) Domin
- Schizaea forsteri Spreng.
- Schizaea kikuzatonis M.Ogata
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.