Polypodiaceae

Polypodium virginianum L.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Greenland, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): MB, MC, BF, MS

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Dfb, Cfa, Cfb, Dfa, Dfc, EF

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 (?): Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Greenland, Labrador, New Jersey, Prince Edward I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina

References

Oliver, MJ, Tuba, Z & Mishler, BD. 2000. The evolution of vegetative desiccation tolerance in land plants. Plant Ecology. 151(1):85–100. doi.org/10.1023/A:1026550808557.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:207762-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.v7bte4

Source IUCN conservation status: x