Polypodium appalachianum x virginianum

type

IMAGE

Hybrid polypody

fern

hybrid

size(ft)

1

cut

1

decid.

evergreen

garden

yes

ID tips

When spores ripen in late fall, using microscope, see spores that are shriveled, of varying shapes and sizes, whitish not amber

Morphologically indistinguishable from either parent (overlaps both)

where On rocks

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NH

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Comment

Sterile (apogamous?) hybrid of Rock and Appalachian Polypodys

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