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Dryopteris wallichiana
Wallich's wood fern
As recorded: Dryopteris wallichiana (Spreng.) Hyl.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Dryopteridaceae
- Collected by
- Herat, T.; Herat, R.; Higashino, P.K.R. Herat →T.R. Herat →Paul K. Higashino →
- Collector number
- 735
- Date
- June 22, 1974
- Locality
- South Hilo District: Along a left branch off the saddle road. Ca 26 km from Hilo
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,380 m
- Identified by
- Geiger, J.M.O.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 22, 1974, Herat, T.; Herat, R.; Higashino, P.K. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Dryopteris wallichiana observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 405 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-06.

2026-10-06
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) reymond_miyajima, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Jonathan Newman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-23
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-23
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-22
Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-19
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) David Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Dryopteris wallichiana. BISH 410530. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956637420. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/410530.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956637420 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
