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Western Polypody - Polypodium hesperium
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Over 30 collections at MONTU from 7 western Montana counties.
General Description
Small plants with long, creeping, scaly rhizomes. Leaves scattered, monomorphic, 3–35 cm long with a petiole shorter than the blade. Leaf blade glabrous, somewhat leathery, lanceolate, once pinnately lobed almost to the rachis, with shallowly toothed or wavy margins. Sori circular, borne midway between midvein and margins of leaf divisions. Indusium absent (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
In MT from Lincoln to Glacier counties south to Ravalli County; BC and AB to Mexico (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 111
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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