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Polystichum lonchitis
northern holly fern
As recorded: Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Dryopteridaceae
- Collected by
- Macoun, Prof.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Locality
- Lake region.
- Region
- Ontario, Canada
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Polystichum lonchitis observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7,517 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25
Duntroon, ON L0M 1H0, Canada
(c) Pat Deacon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
CG5M+7G, The Blue Mountains, ON N0H 1J0, Canada
(c) Pat Deacon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Clarksburg, ON N0H 1J0, Canada
(c) Pat Deacon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23
Liezen, Österreich
(c) Sepp Schmid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22
Comunidad Foral de Navarra, ES-NA-NV, ES
(c) Héctor Gómez Bernardos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22
Comunidad Foral de Navarra, ES-NA-NV, ES
(c) Natalia Castro Alonso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Polystichum lonchitis. BISH 106306. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956462038. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/106306.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956462038 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
