Phegopteris hexagonoptera(Michx.) Fée

broad beech fern

WFO wfo-0001110560 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g

Phegopteris hexagonoptera, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. a Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-06 / obs. 204119435
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, photographed by Clay Gibbons
fig. b Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198967815
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. c Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201074200
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, photographed by Bruce Slater
fig. d Bruce Slater, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197673495
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, photographed by Jeff Clark
fig. e Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205626965
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. f Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195472241
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, photographed by Mac Post
fig. g Mac Post, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193134832

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Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dryopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris hexagonoptera f. furcata C.F.Reed
  • Dryopteris hexagonoptera f. furcata C.F.Reed
  • Dryopteris hexagonoptera f. simonii C.F.Reed
  • Dryopteris hexagonoptera f. simonii C.F.Reed
  • Lastrea hexagonoptera Nieuwl.
  • Nephrodium hexagonopterum (Michx.) Diels
  • Phegopteris hexagonoptera f. ternata Neidorf
  • Polypodium cicutarium Poir.
  • Polypodium hexagonopterum Michx.
  • Polypodium phegopteris var. hexagonopterum (Michx.) Alph.Wood
  • Polypodium phegopteris var. hexagonopterum (Michx.) Wood
  • Thelypteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Weath.
  • Thelypteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) B.K.Nayar & Kaur
  • Thelypteris hexagonoptera f. furcata (C.F.Reed) C.F.Reed
  • Thelypteris hexagonoptera f. furcata (C.F.Reed) C.F.Reed
  • Thelypteris hexagonoptera f. simonii (C.F.Reed) C.F.Reed
  • Thelypteris hexagonoptera f. simonii (C.F.Reed) C.F.Reed

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.