POLYPODIACEAE (Polypody fern family)

Microsorum punctatum `Grandiceps' (L.) Swartz climbing bird's nest fern or fishtail fern [native to Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia] [US; Illinois; Jackson County; Carbondale][Fern House, Plant Biology Greenhouse, Southern Illinois University; January 25, 2004; Collected by Chuck Walker; Identified by Richard Cole; #IL586]

Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm. golden polypody [US; Florida; Broward County; Fort Lauderdale; T50S, R42W, S10; 5 feet][on trunk of sabal palmetto near N New River W Dr.-SW 4th St. intersection; December 27, 1997; Collected & identified by Chuck Walker; #FL14]

Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. elkhorn fern [US; Illinois; Jackson County; Carbondale; T9S, R1W, S28; 37 deg. 42.883'N, 89 deg. 13.328'W; 450 feet][Fern House, Plant Biology Greenhouse, Southern Illinois University; December 20, 2003; Collected by Chuck Walker; Identified by Richard Cole; #IL537]

Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham ssp. michauxiana (Weatherby) Andrews & Windham resurrection fern [US; Arkansas; Grant County; 34 deg. 12.727'N, 92 deg. 32.860'W; T6S, R14W, S8; 190 feet][growing on base of Quercus pagoda west side of County Road #46, Jenkins Ferry State Park, April 23, 2006; Collected & identified by Chuck Walker; #AR10]

Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham ssp. michauxiana (Weatherby) Andrews & Windham resurrection fern [US; Florida; Broward County; Fort Lauderdale; T50S, R42E, S10; 5 feet][on bark of tree on north side of downtown library; January 5, 1998; Collected & identified by Chuck Walker; #FL58]

Polypodium calirhiza S. Whitmore & A.R. Sm.nested polypody [US; California; Trinity County; T6N, R6E, S19; 40 deg. 52.923'N, 123 deg. 32.846'W; 380 feet][campground on the south side of Highway #299, about two miles east of Big Bar; April 16, 2005; Collected & identified by Chuck Walker; #CA179]