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Pleopeltis polypodioides gets its common name "resurrection fern" because it can survive long periods of drought by curling up its fronds and appearing desiccated, grey-brown and dead. However, when just a little water is present, the fern will uncurl and reopen, appearing to "resurrect".
Selaginella lepidophylla is a true resurrection plant that can revive and regain metabolic function after a period of extreme desiccation. Anastatica hierochuntica is not a resurrection plant, but rather a tumbleweed also capable of repeated expansion and retraction, which superficially resembles revival.
A resurrection plant is any poikilohydric plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years. The resurrection plant Selaginella lepidophylla reviving within 3 hours after the addition of water. Examples include: Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
Pleopeltis is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [2] The genus widely distributed in tropical regions of the world, and also north into temperate regions in eastern North America and eastern Asia.
Royal fern: State-wide G5 - secure: Polypodiaceae: Pleopeltis polypodioides [1]: 36 Resurrection fern: State-wide G5 - secure: Polypodiaceae: Polypodium virginianum [1]: 37 Common rockcap fern, Rock polypody: Northern Georgia G5 - secure: Pteridaceae: Adiantum capillus-veneris [1]: 37 Southern maidenhair fern, Venus hair fern
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The Fern Lake tract also is within a region that is a vital migratory corridor for wildlife, which will become more important as a result of climate change, according to the conservation groups.
Polypodium californicum is a species of fern known by the common name California polypody. It is native to Baja California and California , where it grows along the coastline as well as in moist spots in coastal foothills and mountain ranges in the southern part of its distribution.