Parapolystichum microsorum

Parapolystichum microsorum
	Mount Kembla, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Genus:	Parapolystichum
Species:	P. microsorum
Binomial name
	Parapolystichum microsorum; (Endl.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran
Synonyms
	P. microsorum subsp. microsorum: Aspidium acuminatum var. villosum Bailey ; Aspidium microsorum (Endl.) Kaulf. ; Lastreopsis microsora (Endl.) Tindale ; Dryopteris albovillosa Watts ; Dryopteris baileyana Domin ; Lastrea microsora (Endl.) C.Presl ; Nephrodium microsorum Endl. ; P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare: Aspidium pentangularum (Colenso) Colenso ; Ctenitis pentangularis (Colenso) Alston ; Nephrodium pentangularum Colenso ;

Parapolystichum microsorum, synonym (in part) Lastreopsis microsora, known as the creeping shield fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia and New Zealand. The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".