Polystichum acrostichoides
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| Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott |
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern) is a species of fern in the genus Polystichum, native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and south to Florida and eastern Texas.
It is an evergreen fern, with fronds growing to 30-80 cm long and 5-12 cm broad, pinnate with 20-35 pairs of pinnules. The spores are produced on small pinnules toward the apex of the frond.
[edit] References
- Flora of North America: Polystichum acrostichoides
- Polystichum acrostichoides (TSN 17675). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on September 25, 2006.
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