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silver fern
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silver fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

Pityrogramma calomelanos, commonly known as the Silver fern, is a rhizomatous geophyte or lithophyte native to Mexico and Tropical America. It grows mainly in subtropical regions and has been introduced widely across Asia, Africa, and Pacific islands.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 166944.