Pleopeltis michauxiana (Weatherby) Hickey & Sprunt. Common name: Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody, Tree Polypody. Phenology: (Jan-) Jun-Oct (-Dec). Habitat: On tree limbs and trunks (especially when leaning) in a wide variety of forest types, especially southwards, and less typically (but not uncommonly) on rocks. Distribution: P. michauxiana ranges from se. MD, IL, MO, and se. KS, south to s. FL and TX; Mexico and Central America (Guatemala, Honduras); Bahamas (Abaco Island).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Although traditionally treated as a variety of Pleopeltis polypodioides, recent studies suggest that this taxon warrants specific status (Sprunt 2010; Sprunt et al. 2011; Vincent & Hickey 2014). Seven additional taxa in the complex are tropical in s. FL, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Africa.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, POWO, Vincent & Hickey (2014); = Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham ssp. michauxiana — Va, nomen nudum; = Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham var. michauxiana (Weath.) E.G.Andrews & Windham — Ar, ETx1, Fl1, FNA2, NS, TxFerns, Va, WH3, Smith & Tejero-Díez (2014); = Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Watt var. michauxianum Weath. — C, F, G, GrPl, Meso1, Mo1, Tat, Tx, W, WV, Mickel & Smith (2004), (basionym); < Marginaria polypodioides (L.) Tidestr. — Sf; < Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham — Il; < Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Watt — RAB, S13, SFla
Links to other floras: = Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxiana - FNA2
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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