Steve Nicholls / Lava field with growth of Dotted polypody fern (Polypodium pellucidum), Kilauea, Hawaii, USA, August 2008
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees and Sword Ferns (Polystichum munitum) in mixed evergreen forest, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum), Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Piotr Naskrecki / Rock Polypody (Polypodium virginianum) leaf, Massachusetts
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Chien Lee / Giant Staghorn Fern (Platycerium wandae) growing on tree trunk, Nabire, Indonesia
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Alan Watson / Unfurling frond of Common Polypody fern (Polypodium vulgare) on an Oak tree (Quercus petraea) in temperate forest, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Europe
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Alan Watson / Polypody ferns (Polypodium vulgare) and Moss on the trunk of Oak tree (Quercus petraea) Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Europe
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Kevin Schafer / Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) showing underside with spores, Cascade Mountains, Washington
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Jerry Monkman / Common polypody fern / fiddlehead {Polypodium vulgare} frond unfurling, Boxford, Massachusetts, USA
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Jerry Monkman / Common polypody fern / fiddlehead {Polypodium vulgare} frond unfurling, Boxford, Massachusetts, USA
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Jouan & Rius / Staghorn fern (Platycerium superbum) growing on tree in rainforest, Eugella NP, Queensland, Australia
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Jouan & Rius / Staghorn fern (Platycerium superbum) growing on tree in rainforest, Eugella NP, Queensland, Australia
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Albert Lleal / Common Fern (Polypodium sp) SEM close-up view of sori at 21x magnification
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Theo Allofs / Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) frond, Redwood National Park, California
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Duncan Mcewan / Polypody fern on fallen tree {Polypodium vulgare}, Oakwood, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Philippe Clement / Frond of Common polypody fern {Polypodium vulgare} showing spores on underside, Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Common polypody fern {Polypodium vulgare} in woodland, Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Frond of Common polypody fern {Polypodium vulgare} showing spores on underside, Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Common polypody {Polypodium vulgare}close-up of frond, La Brenne, France.
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Gerry Ellis / Epiphytic Sword Fern, temperate rainforest, North Pacific coast, North America
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees and Sword Ferns (Polystichum munitum) in mixed evergreen forest, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees and Sword Ferns (Polystichum munitum) in mixed evergreen forest, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Chien Lee / Common Fern (Platycerium coronarium) an epiphytic fern which collects leaf litter with its basal shield fronds, Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Malaysia