Polypodium appalachianum

ClassificationPteridophytes
FamilyPolypodiaceae
Family (Traditional)Polypodiaceae
GenusPolypodium
Species:Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham
Common NameAppalachian Polypody
Growth Habitfern
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0.5; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: fern-like; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: round sori; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 8
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G4G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Carter (KY), Elliott (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Letcher (KY), McCreary (KY), Menifee (KY), Morgan (KY), Pike (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BOON, EKY, ETSU, KNK, MDKY, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1934 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31973000003787 McCreary Kentucky 26 Feb 1983 Buddell, George
660		 KNK
Polypodium appalachianum
31973000003792 McCreary Kentucky 24 Jun 1984 Thieret, John
55351		 KNK
Polypodium appalachianum
MDKY00001027 Elliott Kentucky
MDKY
Polypodium appalachianum
MDKY00001024 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Polypodium appalachianum
MDKY00001025 Wolfe Kentucky
MDKY
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005750 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005774 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007070 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007062 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005763 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007066 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005787 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007048 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005775 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
31234100751849 Bell Kentucky 05 Jul 2004 Amy V. McIntosh Other: John McIntosh
285		 EKY
Polypodium appalachianum
31234100024874 Harlan Kentucky 26 Jun 1993 Bryce D. Fields
515		 EKY
Polypodium appalachianum
31234100751914 Harlan Kentucky 07 May 2004 Amy V. McIntosh Others: Ron Jones
118		 EKY
Polypodium appalachianum
31234100025004 Pike Kentucky 17 Jun 2011 Julie B. Clark
888		 EKY
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU000714 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
31973000003788 Letcher Kentucky 07 Aug 1988 Risk, Allen
1836		 KNK
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005778 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005776 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005741 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005739 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005736 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005998 Harlan Kentucky
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005751 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005779 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU000718 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
31973000003789 Jackson Kentucky 25 Apr 1975 Thieret, John
48490		 KNK
Polypodium appalachianum
31973000003790 Wolfe Kentucky 29 Aug 1982 Thieret, John
53939		 KNK
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005761 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005738 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005784 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005789 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005752 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007059 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005753 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005788 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005747 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005782 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005766 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
31973000003793 Morgan Kentucky 14 Apr 1996 Weckman, Timothy
2358		 KNK
Polypodium appalachianum
MDKY00001023 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007068 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005793 White Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007053 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005759 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005734 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005743 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005737 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007063 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005758 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005772 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005755 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005777 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
31973000003791 Menifee Kentucky 17 Sep 1978 Thieret, John
50781		 KNK
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007049 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007054 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007047 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005773 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007065 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005786 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005757 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007057 Cannon Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007060 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007052 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005764 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005768 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005760 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU000715 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
MDKY00001022 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005744 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005790 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007064 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005795 White Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007061 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005781 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005794 White Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007058 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005762 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT000616 Marion Tennessee 10 Jan 1998 John Beck
1268		 UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08705 Grundy Tennessee 02 May 1962 E.R. McIver
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08698 Van Buren Tennessee 02-Jun-01 Chris A. Fleming
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU000717 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU000716 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
31973000004482 McCreary Kentucky 16 May 1994 Thieret, John
57410		 KNK
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005770 Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005792 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005742 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005746 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005767 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005791 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007069 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT000624 Blount Tennessee August 1981 D. F. Houck
1709		 UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT000620 Hamilton Tennessee 20 Aug 1943 Eleanor McGilliard
 UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT000614 Hamilton Tennessee 15 Mar 1999 John Beck
3060		 UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08701 Grundy Tennessee 31 Jul 1962 R.C. Clark
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
31234100421302 Harlan Kentucky 26 Jun 1993 Bryce D. Fields
515		 EKY
Polypodium appalachianum
MDKY00001073 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005780 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005783 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005745 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005785 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007055 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007050 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005740 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005754 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08694 Franklin Tennessee 16 Feb 1961 Schipper, A.L.
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08692 Grundy Tennessee 05 May 1969 Inge
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT498668 Polk Tennessee 06 May 2014 J. Shaw
s.n.		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191428 Cumberland Tennessee 12 May 1973 G. Gonsoulin
3035		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005756 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007046 Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007056 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005735 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT006376 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
005022 Van Buren Tennessee 02 Jun 2001 Chris A. Fleming
FCF-573		 BOON
Polypodium appalachianum
N/A Grundy Tennessee 06 May 1968 John Olofson
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08696 Grundy Tennessee 07 Apr 1974 Judy Cameron
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08695 Marion Tennessee 01 Apr 1966 Bert Polk
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08706 Franklin Tennessee 02 May 1968 John Olofson
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191359 Blount Tennessee 06 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1855		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191473 Union Tennessee 02 Mar 1946 Jesse M. Shaver
8419		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191471 Sevier Tennessee 04 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1845		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191474 Van Buren Tennessee 17 Mar 1952 Don Caplenor
468		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005771 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005765 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0005769 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT040188 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT042015 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
N/A Grundy Tennessee 06 May 1968 H.L. Bethea
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08700 Franklin Tennessee 21 Mar 1962 Clay Ewing
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08699 Franklin Tennessee 22 May 1972 William Drake
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08702 Grundy Tennessee 06 May 1968 Elmore
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08697 Grundy Tennessee 02 May 1962 A.R. Applegate
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191434 Fentress Tennessee 30 Apr 1971 R. Kral
42284		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191477 White Tennessee 06 Sep 1945 Jesse M. Shaver
8245		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191422 Blount Tennessee 05 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1850		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191475 Van Buren Tennessee 03 Oct 1943 Jesse M. Shaver
4281		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191441 Grundy Tennessee 24 Sep 1944 Jesse M. Shaver
7913		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007067 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
TENN-V-0007051 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191478 White Tennessee 02 Apr 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1879		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191460 Putnam Tennessee 12 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1875		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191476 Van Buren Tennessee 24 Nov 1946 Jesse M. Shaver
9644		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191429 Cumberland Tennessee 30 Aug 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1833		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191439 Grundy Tennessee 23 Sep 1944 Jesse M. Shaver
7940		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191431 Fentress Tennessee 06 Sep 1978 R. Kral
62648		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191442 Bledsoe Tennessee 30 Aug 1943 Jesse M. Shaver
4035		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191432 Fentress Tennessee 27 Aug 1947 Jesse M. Shaver
9698		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU030032 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191436 Grainger Tennessee 01 Sep 1947 Jesse M. Shaver
10109		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191472 Unicoi Tennessee 10 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1848		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191358 Anderson Tennessee 07 Sep 1947 Jesse M. Shaver
10040		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191461 Rhea Tennessee 27 Dec 1945 Jesse M. Shaver
8376		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU033133 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU030031 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU030030 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT000621 Van Buren Tennessee 20 Oct 1963 Richard Mitzelfelt
4206		 UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT000615 Sequatchie Tennessee 17 Mar 1999 John Beck
3080		 UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT024999 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
N/A Franklin Tennessee 07 Apr 1969 Hagler
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191443 Grundy Tennessee 01 Jun 1947 Jesse M. Shaver
9723		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU025422 Johnson Tennessee 13 Apr 2013 Adam McCullough
DOEM 0047		 ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191450 Johnson Tennessee 11 Sep 1948 Jesse M. Shaver
10387		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191426 Carter Tennessee 11 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1835		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191438 Grundy Tennessee 27 Aug 1971 R. Kral
43718		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191361 Blount Tennessee 05 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1851		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191437 Greene Tennessee 02 Sep 1947 Jesse M. Shaver
10106		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191423 Blount Tennessee 18 Apr 1934 H. M. Jennison
3361		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191457 Overton Tennessee 26 Dec 1945 Jesse M. Shaver
8391		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191479 White Tennessee 29 Aug 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1857		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191433 Fentress Tennessee 17 Apr 1949 Jesse M. Shaver
10507		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU030033 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191458 Overton Tennessee 16 Jun 1951 Jesse M. Shaver
10850		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191424 Campbell Tennessee 02 Mar 1946 Jesse M. Shaver
8429		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191430 Fentress Tennessee 13 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1871		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191455 Morgan Tennessee 01 Sep 1943 Jesse M. Shaver
4076		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU032216 Washington Tennessee James T Donaldson
 ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191360 Blount Tennessee 05 Sep 1935 Jesse M. Shaver
1852		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU033128 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT000618 Hamilton Tennessee 12 May 2006 s. Huskins
203		 UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
UCHT000619 Marion Tennessee 00 September 1984 Dave Coppert
 UCHT
Polypodium appalachianum
N/A Franklin Tennessee 02 May 1968 John Olofson
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08691 Grundy Tennessee 05 May 1969 Inge
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
UOS08693 Marion Tennessee 01 Apr 1966 Bert Polk
 UOS
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191440 Grundy Tennessee 04 Jul 1975 R. Kral
56061		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191459 Pickett Tennessee 22 Sep 1974 R. Kral
54301		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
BRIT191435 Fentress Tennessee 01 Sep 1943 Jesse M. Shaver
4089		 VDB
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU033126 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
ETSU033125 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Polypodium appalachianum
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