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Western Polypody

(Polypodium hesperium)

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Description

This-polypody-anchors with a thin, scaly-rhizome. It produces oblong leaves 25 to 35 centimeters in maximum length and 7 in width. Each leaf is made up of many dull-pointed linear or lance-shaped segments which may be thin and membranous or firm and leathery in texture, and smooth or serrated on the edges. The underside of each leaf segment has a few brownish, reddish, or nearly black-sori, which contain the-spores.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order:Polypodiales
Family:Polypodiaceae
Genus:Polypodium
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