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Common Polypody Narrow oblong fronds, more/less parallel-sided for most of their length. Segments usually un-toothed, tips blunt. New leaves are produced in early summer. Young sori are circular. Ripe sporangia hairless, annulus are reddish-brown. Tolerant of exposure. Well-drained, often acidic walls, roadside banks, rocky outcrops. Also found on trees. Sterile but vigorous hybrids with Intermediate Polypody occur:
P. x mantoniae. Probably under-recorded.
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Common Polypody. Co.Waterford. May 2008