Common Polypody
Common Polypody, Polypodium virginianum, is found in many places in the Eastern and Great Lakes United States. It does have a bit of a Northern range in NW Canada.
iNaturalist map of P. virginianum
P. virginianum likes to grow on rocks and in large groups.
Kent Falls State Park, Kent, CT, USA
The sori do not have an indusium, a cover, as they mature. The phrase 'fruit dots' do apply to these ferns.
Kent Land Trust, Kent, CT, USA (Laurie Doss)
Devil's Den, Weston, CT, USA
Devil's Den, Weston, CT, USA
The Waterfall at Sessions Woods Wilderness Area, Burlington, CT, USA