FAMILY: POLYPODIACEAE

ALTERNATE COMMON NAME:

LEAVES: fern, blades erect, deltoid, 2-4” long, 1-2” wide, coriaceous

FLOWER:

FRUIT:

TWIGS:

BARK:

FORM: small fern, dries out and looks dead, "resurrected" after rains

HABITAT: rocks, limbs, crotches of trees

RANGE: southeast US

USES: interesting associate on many trees

Brief Recognition Features:

1. fern on branches and in crotches of trees
2. leaves coriaceous, erect, brown or green