EcoFlora - Cyrtomium falcatum

Cyrtomium falcatum (L. f.) C. Presl
Family: Dryopteridaceae Japanese Net-Vein Holly Fern [Polypodium falcatum, morePolystichum falcatum (L.fil.) Diels]	FNA Resources George Yatskievych in Flora of North America (vol. 2) Stem scales orange-brown, ovate with attenuate apices. Leaves 30--60(--100) cm. Pinnae bright green and shiny adaxially, 4--10(--12) pairs, ovate-attenuate, usually falcate, 4--8.5 cm, leathery, sometimes with short, basal, acroscopic lobe, margins often undulate or coarsely and irregularly dentate. Indusia brown, sometimes with blackish centers, not shriveled at maturity. n = 2n = 123, apogamous. Brick or stone walls, rocky areas, mesic forests, and coastal bluffs; 0--100 m; introduced; Calif., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., S.C.; Europe; Asia. Cyrtomium falcatum is native to east Asia and widely escaped from cultivation. All plants in the flora appear to be the 32-spored, apogamous triploid.
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