Fern Encyclopedia

Pyrrosia piloselloides (Dragon Scale Fern)

Pyrrosia piloselloides is a creeping epiphytic fern renowned for its thick, scale-like fronds covered in silvery-brown stellate hairs that create a dragon-scale appearance. Native to tropical Asia from India to...

Pyrrosia piloselloides (Dragon Scale Fern)

Pyrrosia piloselloides is a creeping epiphytic fern renowned for its thick, scale-like fronds covered in silvery-brown stellate hairs that create a dragon-scale appearance. Native to tropical Asia from India to...

Pyrrosia lingua (Tongue Fern / Japanese Felt Fern)

Pyrrosia fern, Creeping rhizome, epiphytic or rupestral, reaching 5-60 cm, native to Asia, Africa, Oceania (epiphytic). 5-60 cm Creeping rhizome, epiphytic or rupestral Asia, Africa, Oceania (epiphytic) Photos courtesy of...

Pyrrosia lingua (Tongue Fern / Japanese Felt Fern)

Pyrrosia fern, Creeping rhizome, epiphytic or rupestral, reaching 5-60 cm, native to Asia, Africa, Oceania (epiphytic). 5-60 cm Creeping rhizome, epiphytic or rupestral Asia, Africa, Oceania (epiphytic) Photos courtesy of...

Pyrrosia angustata (Narrow-Leaved Felt Fern)

Pyrrosia angustata, the Narrow-Leaved Felt Fern, is a slender-fronded member of Polypodiaceae native to monsoon forests and rocky habitats from the Himalayan foothills across mainland Southeast Asia to southern China....

Pyrrosia angustata (Narrow-Leaved Felt Fern)

Pyrrosia angustata, the Narrow-Leaved Felt Fern, is a slender-fronded member of Polypodiaceae native to monsoon forests and rocky habitats from the Himalayan foothills across mainland Southeast Asia to southern China....

Pyrrosia confluens (Robber Fern)

Pyrrosia confluens, the Robber Fern, is one of the hardiest and most widespread felt ferns of the Australasian flora, native to eastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, where it forms...

Pyrrosia confluens (Robber Fern)

Pyrrosia confluens, the Robber Fern, is one of the hardiest and most widespread felt ferns of the Australasian flora, native to eastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, where it forms...

Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Leather-Leaf Fern / Ota ...

Pyrrosia fern, Creeping rhizome, epiphytic or rupestral, reaching 5-60 cm, native to Asia, Africa, Oceania (epiphytic). 5-60 cm Creeping rhizome, epiphytic or rupestral Asia, Africa, Oceania (epiphytic) Photos courtesy of...

Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Leather-Leaf Fern / Ota ...

Pyrrosia fern, Creeping rhizome, epiphytic or rupestral, reaching 5-60 cm, native to Asia, Africa, Oceania (epiphytic). 5-60 cm Creeping rhizome, epiphytic or rupestral Asia, Africa, Oceania (epiphytic) Photos courtesy of...

Pyrrosia hastata (Beech Glue Fern / Japanese Fe...

Pyrrosia hastata, the Beech Glue Fern or Japanese Felt Fern, is a distinctive temperate East Asian member of Polypodiaceae with thick, leathery, halberd-shaped three-lobed fronds and a dense felt of...

Pyrrosia hastata (Beech Glue Fern / Japanese Fe...

Pyrrosia hastata, the Beech Glue Fern or Japanese Felt Fern, is a distinctive temperate East Asian member of Polypodiaceae with thick, leathery, halberd-shaped three-lobed fronds and a dense felt of...