Microsorium scolopendrium (Phymatosorus scolopendria)
COMMON NAME | Monarch fern, musk fern, maile-scented
fern |
TYPE | Fern |
FAMILY | Polypodiaceae |
NOTES | A
strongly rhizomatous fern with pinnately lobed leaves. Although not native to Hawaii,
it is probably the most commonly cultivated fern in Hawaii at this time. `Laua'e Iki is a dwarf form that
is grown around the resort. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Western Pacific rim from Australia to New Caledonia
to Fiji and throughout the South Pacific to French Polynesia |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Grows
on rocks, trees, or the forest floor. It can also grow beside saltwater
beaches and shady moist forest |
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