PLANTS Profile for Polypodium virginianum (rock polypody)

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PLANTS Profile

Polypodium virginianum L.
rock polypody

Symbol:

POVI7

Group:

Fern

Family:

Polypodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Polypodium virginianum L.

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Synonyms:
Polypodium virginianum L.

	POVU3	Polypodium vulgare auct. non L. p.p.
	POVUV2	Polypodium vulgare L. var. virginianum (L.) Eaton

Distribution:
Polypodium virginianum L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Polypodium virginianum L.

View 12 genera in Polypodiaceae, 18 species in Polypodium

Classification:
Polypodium virginianum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Polypodiaceae – Polypody family
Genus	Polypodium L. – polypody
Species	Polypodium virginianum L. – rock polypody

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polypodium virginianum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
rock polypody		Exploitably Vulnerable

More Accounts and Images:
Polypodium virginianum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17242.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 02/16/2009 03:58 PM MST