Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Description:

Large fern, with normal serrated leaves.

Habitat:

Found growing on the side of a dried up creek bed, along with many other ferns and moss.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)


Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Ferns are tricky- except this one! Each of the leaflets on the fern are shaped like Santa's boot... Santa- Christmas... Get it ? Even I can remember that! :)

Ihazapughappy
Ihazapughappy 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID!

Ihazapughappy
Spotted by
Ihazapughappy

Louisiana, USA

Spotted on Dec 12, 2012
Submitted on Dec 12, 2012

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

Western Sword Fern Christmas Fern Sword fern Christmas Fern

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Wolf Spider Spotting Hooded tube lichen
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team