Tectariaceae
Broad halberd fern
Tectaria heracleifolia
- Family
- Tectariaceae
- Genus
- Tectaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Broad halberd fern
Synonyms
- Aspidium heracleifolium Willd.
- Aspidium trifoliatum subsp. heracleifolium (Willd.) Clute
- Aspidium trifoliatum var. heracleifolium (Willd.) Clute
- Bathmium heracleifolium (Willd.) Fée
- Bathmium heracleifolium Fée
- Bathmium trifoliatum var. heracleifolium (Willd.) E.Fourn.
- Drynaria cordifolia Fée
- Polypodium cordifolium M.Martens & Galeotti
- Tectaria heracleifolia var. heracleifolia
- Tectaria heracleifolia var. maxima C.V.Morton
- Tectaria trifoliata var. heracleifolia Farw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.