Polypodiaceae

Polypodium vulgare L.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Free State, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kerguelen, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): MB, MC, BF, MS, MG, TU, MF, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Dfb, Cfb, Dfc, Cfa, Csa, ET, Csb, BSk, Cfc, Dwb, Dwc, Dwa, Dsb, BWk, Cwb, Dfa

Distribution across environmental gradients (?):

Elevation

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BIO1 (annual mean temperature)

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BIO4 (temperature seasonality)

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BIO12 (annual precipitation)

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BIO15 (precipitation seasonality)

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Conservation

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025-2 (?): Not assessed

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not assessed

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): Buryatiya, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Føroyar, Hungary, Japan, Kerguelen, Madeira, Northwest European Russia

References

Iturriaga, G, Gaff, DF & Zentella, R. 2000. New desiccation-tolerant plants, including a grass, in the central highlands of Mexico, accumulate trehalose. Australian Journal of Botany. 48(2):153–158. doi.org/10.1071/BT98062.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300720-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.d6sc3j

Source IUCN conservation status: x