Appalachian Polypody

Published: 2023-10-13

Appalachian polypody, Polypodium appalachianum, is found almost exclusively along the Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern and Southern United States. A few observations are in Central America.

image-20.png iNaturalist map of P. appalachianum

It is very similar to P. virginianum. It likes rocks too. The difference P. appalchianum is longer and narrower, and of, course, harder to find.

mttoby_apolypody_2.jpg Mt. Toby, Sunderland, MA, USA

mttoby_apolypody_3.jpg Mt. Toby, Sunderland, MA, USA

mttoby_apolypody_1.jpg Mt. Toby, Sunderland, MA, USA