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§1 Plant

Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham

vernacular resurrection fern — species · Polypodiaceae


USDA
PLPO2
GBIF
2650496
Rank
species
resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides)
Platephotograph · Dakota ParishCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Fern
Family
Polypodiaceae J. Presl & C. Presl
Genus
Pleopeltis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • NAV Navassa Island Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 618 counties across 12 states/territories
Legend Native · 618 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 618 counties across 12 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 59 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 75 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 64 N
Georgia view state ↗ 108 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 62 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 58 N
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 48 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 65 N
Virginia view state ↗ 67 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 10 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PLPO2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2650496 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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