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Definition of Rock polypody
1. Noun. Chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Polypody
Literary usage of Rock polypody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Garden, You and I by Mabel Osgood Wright (1906)
"... the common rock polypody, the Ebony Spleenwort, and the Spinulose Wood-fern.
... while the transplanting of the rock polypody is an act where luck, ..."
2. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"The tender young brake shoots, picked before the leaves unroll, make a delicious
vegetable when cooked and served like asparagus. The rock polypody. ..."
3. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"... In the rock crevices near the top of the bluff the rock polypody fern is
common (Fig. 409). The sides of such bluffs support columbine, bluebell, ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"POLYPODIACEAE • Polypodium virginianum L. rock polypody; Rock-cap fern Herbaceous
perennial Dry rocks and ledges, ..."
5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"POLYPODIACEAE > Polypodium virginianum L. rock polypody; Rock-cap fern Herbaceous
perennial Dry rocks and ledges, ..."
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