Definition of Polystichum braunii

1. Noun. North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales.

Exact synonyms: Braun's Holly Fern, Prickly Shield Fern
Generic synonyms: Holly Fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polystichum Braunii

Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Polypodium polypodioides
Polypodium scouleri
Polypodium virgianum
Polypodium vulgare
Polyporus frondosus
Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus tenuiculus
Polyprion
Polyprion americanus
Polysphondylium
Polystichum
Polystichum acrostichoides
Polystichum aculeatum
Polystichum adiantiformis
Polystichum braunii (current term)
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum
Polystichum setiferum
Pomacanthus
Pomacentridae
Pomacentrus
Pomacentrus leucostictus
Pomaderris
Pomaderris apetala
Pomatomidae
Pomatomus
Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomerania
Pomeranian

Literary usage of Polystichum braunii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fee Braun's holly fern Herbaceous perennial Cool, rocky slopes and shaded ravines, in humus-rich, circumneutral soils. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fee Braun's holly fern Herbaceous perennial Cool, rocky slopes and shaded ravines, in humus-rich, circumneutral soils. ..."

3. The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and by Samuel William King (1858)
"An eminent botanist, to whom I showed it, considers it nearest to the Polystichum Braunii. Polystichum aculeatum, I may add, never occurred but in two ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fee Braun's holly fern Herbaceous perennial Cool, rocky slopes and shaded ravines, in humus-rich, circumneutral soils. ..."

5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fee Braun's holly fern Herbaceous perennial Cool, rocky slopes and shaded ravines, in humus-rich, circumneutral soils. ..."

6. The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and by Samuel William King (1858)
"An eminent botanist, to whom I showed it, considers it nearest to the Polystichum Braunii. Polystichum aculeatum, I may add, never occurred but in two ..."

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