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southern polypody

Polypodium cambricum

Southern polypody is a lovely fern that grows in shady places. Its bright green leaves look like little feathers and can be found on rocks and trees in forests.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The southern polypody has deep green, leathery fronds that are deeply lobed and lance-shaped. Its bright green leaves emerge from a creeping rhizome, forming dense clumps that often cling to rocks or walls. Unlike flowering plants, it never displays colorful blooms.

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Instead of seeds, the southern polypody reproduces with tiny, invisible-to-the-eye dust-like spores!

It loves to climb, often growing straight out of cracks in ancient walls and mossy tree trunks!

Its 'roots' actually taste sweet, like liquorice, and were once used as a traditional snack or medicine!

This fern is a living fossil; its relatives were around before dinosaurs walked the Earth!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Rock Hugger

Southern polypody can grow directly on rocks and stone walls, using tiny roots to cling tightly and find moisture.

Fähigkeit

Drought Survivor

This fern can shrivel and appear dead during dry spells, then miraculously rehydrate and turn green again when it rains.

Fähigkeit

Spore Shooter

It reproduces by releasing microscopic spores from bumps on its fronds, carried by wind to new damp spots.

Fähigkeit

Creeping Colonizer

The southern polypody has a creeping underground stem called a rhizome, allowing it to spread and form new plants easily.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-40 cm
Ausbreitung
15-50 cm
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Black Slug

Arion ater

Slugs sometimes munch on its fronds, especially younger ones.

eats

Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

Snails are known to graze on the leaves of this fern.

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always be gentle when touching plants and ask an adult if you're unsure.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von southern polypody?

10-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von southern polypody?

15-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das essbar von southern polypody?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von southern polypody?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von southern polypody?

Mehrjährig

Wo findet man southern polypody normalerweise?

Forests

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