PLANTS Profile for Polypodium hesperium (western polypody)

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PLANTS Profile

Polypodium hesperium Maxon
western polypody

Symbol:

POHE3

Group:

Fern

Family:

Polypodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Polypodium hesperium Maxon

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Synonyms:
Polypodium hesperium Maxon

	POVUC3	Polypodium vulgare L. ssp. columbianum (Gilbert) Hultén
	POVUC2	Polypodium vulgare L. var. columbianum Gilbert
	POVUH	Polypodium vulgare L. var. hesperium (Maxon) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.

Distribution:
Polypodium hesperium Maxon


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Polypodium hesperium Maxon

View 13 genera in Polypodiaceae, 18 species in Polypodium

Classification:
Polypodium hesperium Maxon

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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 hesperium Maxon – western polypody

More Accounts and Images:
Polypodium hesperium Maxon

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17235.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 08:27 PM CDT