Cyrtomium falcatum

Cyrtomium falcatum

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Cyrtomium
Species:
C. falcatum
Binomial name
Cyrtomium falcatum
Synonyms
  • Polypodium falcatum L.f.
  • Aspidium falcatum (L.f.) Sw.
  • Dryopteris falcata (L.f.) Kuntze
  • Polystichum falcatum (L.f.) Diels
  • Phanerophlebia falcata (L.f.) Copel.
  • Cyrtomium yiangshanense Ching & Y.C.Lan

Cyrtomium falcatum is a species of fern, commonly known as house holly-fern and Japanese holly fern, in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. It is native to eastern Asia.

It grows from crevices in coastal cliffs, stream banks, rocky slopes, and other moist, stable areas.