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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) Growing in a moist, shaded valley in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60069/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html" title="Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/60069_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=1s749wLDcZpEkpCwiM%2FAIDQAJcM%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) Growing in a moist, shaded valley in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60068/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60070/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html Geotagged,Polystichum acrostichoides,Spring,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60070/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html" title="Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/60070_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=bV3jhkhrP%2FsiM65mZrY0bp5GCbs%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) Growing in a moist, shaded valley in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> <br /> This photo gives a closeup of the sori, clusters of spore-producing sporangia. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60068/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60069/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html Geotagged,Polystichum acrostichoides,Spring,United States" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Polystichum acrostichoides,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)

Growing in a moist, shaded valley in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.

Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) Growing in a moist, shaded valley in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60068/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60070/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html Geotagged,Polystichum acrostichoides,Spring,United States

Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) Growing in a moist, shaded valley in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> <br /> This photo gives a closeup of the sori, clusters of spore-producing sporangia. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60068/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60069/christmas_fern_polystichum_acrostichoides.html Geotagged,Polystichum acrostichoides,Spring,United States

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Wow, you're really opening up a world of ferns here, I had no idea about this kind of diversity. Thanks for pioneering this category!

    PS: I'm seeing mixed usage of Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida as the class. This causes a split in the tree:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/plantae/pteridophyta

    Thoughts on which of those two we would pick to consistently use?     Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      It seems to be an unresolved classification, so I'm not sure which I would choose. Most sites that I see prefer the former, Polypodiopsida. Posted 7 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Thanks! Merged the two groups now into a single one:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/plantae/pteridophyta/polypodiopsida/polypodiales         Posted 7 years ago

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The Christmas fern

''Polystichum acrostichoides'', commonly denominated Christmas fern, is a perennial, evergreen fern native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia, Canada west to Minnesota and south to Florida and eastern Texas.

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Similar species: Polypodiales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded May 16, 2018. Captured May 10, 2018 01:27 in 169 Hopewell Church Rd, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/3.2
  • 1/80s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm

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