Holly Fern, Mountain Hollyfern, Northern Holly-fern
Polystichum lonchitis
Synonym: Polypodium lonchitis
![Holly Fern, Mountain Hollyfern, Northern Holly-fern: Polystichum lonchitis (Synonym: Polypodium lonchitis)](lonchitis/lonchitis6a.jpg)
Holly fern as seen along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness........August 19, 2011.
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- ![Ventral surface of a leaflet of Holly Fern, Mountain Hollyfern, Northern Holly-fern: Polystichum lonchitis (Synonym: Polypodium lonchitis)](lonchitis/lonchitis6c.jpg)
Close-ups of the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the leaflets of holly fern as seen along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........August 19, 2011.
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- ![Holly Fern, Mountain Hollyfern, Northern Holly-fern: Polystichum lonchitis (Synonym: Polypodium lonchitis)](lonchitis/lonchitis2c.jpg)
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Several views of holly fern as seen on cliffs about one-half mile north of Wildhorse Lake, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon............July 10, 2014.
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Holly fern along the East Fork Lostine River Trail on a series of switchbacks with forest to the south and a granitic boulder field to the north in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.........August 4, 2016.
Paul Slichter