Polypody agg. - Polypodium vulgare agg.
Various species of Polypody are very similar in appearance, and need to be separated by detailed examination of the sporing frond. Our VC55 experts have indicated that they are willing to check specimens from our area sent to them by NatureSpot users (contact NatureSpot for more details). Any Polypody records not subjected to detailed examination should be recorded on this Polypody aggregate page.
Aggregate 
See under ‘Description’
Rocks and walls, even old trees.
All year round - Spores ripe from August onwards.
Evergreen perennial.
Widespread as an aggregate in Britain, though only locally frequent
Occasional as an aggregate in Leicestershire and Rutland.
 Leicester Road Quarry Sapcote SP 4964 9339 (taken 31.5.2007).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
31 May 2007
Graham Calow
Rothley
28 February 2016
Melinda Bell
Swithland Wood
12 January 2023
Graham Calow
Witherley
18 June 2015 underside of leaf.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
31 May 2007
David Nicholls
Rutland Water
31 December 2011
 Leicester Road Quarry Sapcote SP 4964 9339 (taken 31.5.2007).JPG)
 underside of leaf.JPG)
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Ferns & Horsetails
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Polypodiales
- Family:
- Polypodiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 77
- First record:
- 28/03/2006 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 17/04/2024 (Smith, Peter)
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Graham Calow
Broughton Road, Stoney Stanton
06 September 2016
Graham Calow
Broughton Road, Stoney Stanton
06 September 2016
Graham Calow
Rothley
28 February 2016
David Nicholls
Rutland Water
31 December 2011
David Nicholls
The Brand, Woodhouse
15 June 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote
02 June 2014
Peter Smith
Abbey Park
29 April 2016
With black spleenwort and wallflowers
Ken Charity
Swithland Reservoir
15 June 2016
Polypody.
Ken Charity
Swithland Reservoir
15 June 2016
Polypody.
Craig Mabbett
Leicester Road Sharnford
01 July 2016
Graham Calow
Broughton Road, Stoney Stanton
06 September 2016
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
15 October 2016 Leicester Road Quarry Sapcote SP 4964 9339 (taken 28.3.2006).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 March 2006
Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 January 2013
 Leicester Road Quarry Sapcote SP 4964 9339 (taken 28.3.2006).JPG)
Chromatomyia scolopendri
The larvae of the fly Chromatomyia scolopendri mine the leaves of the ferns: Hart's-tongue, Wall-rue and Polypody. They form long, narrow mines (up to 10cms) which often follow a vein. The mines are normally greenish and upper surface. Pupation is usually in the mine.