Polypodium virginianum gallery
Small evergreen fern that prefers to grow on rocks
Rock Polypody Gallery
Adult fronds & sori
Last season's fertile fronds that overwintered
Colyer Lake (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 04/07/2021
New season's fronds
Colerain State Park (Huntingdon Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/26/2019
Plant form
Colerain State Park (Huntingdon Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/26/2019
Sori of rock-cap fern
Sori are circular or kidney-shaped
Colier Lake (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 07/11/2012
New frond
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/22/2023
New fronds
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/22/2023
Plant form & habitat
Whipple Dam (Huntingdon Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/10/2023
Tree habitat
Occasionally rock polypody grows in crevices of trees
Colier Lake (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 09/16/2011
Growing with moss
Colyer Lake (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 10/13/2013
Growing on the rock
Colerain State Park (Huntingdon Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 10/15/2011
Frond
Colerain State Park (Huntingdon Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 10/15/2011
Plant form & habitat
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 11/26/2022
Pinnae
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 11/26/2022
Sori
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 11/26/2022
Fronds
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 11/26/2022
Fronds
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 12/03/2022
Habitat
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 12/03/2022
Frond