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bigbubbles Austin, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 24, 2012

I have a Crested Bear's Paw fern with a botanical name tag reading Polypodium aureum. I'm told it is actually Phlebodium. Anyone have a definitive answer?

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postmandug Bardstown, KY(Zone 6a) Jul 24, 2012

From Wikipedia:

Phlebodium is a small genus of two to four species of ferns, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.[1][2][3] The genus is closely related to Polypodium, and the species were formerly included in that genus

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bigbubbles Austin, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 24, 2012

Thanks, but I'm still not sure which genus my fern falls into.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jul 24, 2012

Phlebodium.

Resin

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bigbubbles Austin, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 24, 2012

Okay, Phlebodium it is! Thanks!

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