Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andr. & Windham ssp. michauxiana (Weath.) Andr. & Windh.

Locations ofPleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andr. & Windham ssp. michauxiana (Weath.) Andr. & Windh. in Virginia

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Family
Polypodiaceae
Botanical Name
Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andr. & Windham ssp. michauxiana (Weath.) Andr. & Windh.
Common Name
Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody
Synonym(s)
Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Watt.
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham ssp michauxiana (Weatherby) Andrews & Windham
Comments
Habitat
On tree limbs and trunks in eastern Virginia, where it is especially common on Taxodium distichum (bald-cypress) in swamp forests and on leaning riverbank trees; on outcrops of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks in the Piedmont and low mountains. Frequent in the Coastal Plain, infrequent in the Piedmont and mountains.
Native Status
Native

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