Polystichum piceopaleaceum

Polystichum piceopaleaceum Tagawa, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 255 (1936) (syn: Polystichum aculeatum var. fargesii Christ ; Polystichum bicolor Ching & S.K.Wu ; Polystichum doianum Tagawa ; Polystichum makinoi var. chuanzangense Ching & S.K.Wu ; Polystichum orientalitibeticum Ching ; Polystichum pulogense Copel. ; Polystichum setiferum var. fargesii (Christ) C.Chr. ; Polystichum xizangicum Panigrahi ; Polystichum yunnanense var. fargesii (Christ) C.Chr. );
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N. Pakistan to Japan (Kyushu) and Philippines (Luzon): Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Fern for id from Chakrata area- 020826jm2: 8 images.
Clicked on 30.3.26 on way to Budher cave (9200 ft.) from Chakrata (7000 ft.) area, Uttarakhand.

I wonder if the “clicker” of hasty photographs knows that to identify ferns one usually needs to show the base of the lamina, say the lowest 5 or 6 pairs of pinnae if it is a fern like this, top surface. and in the same photo showing the stipe complete with its scales? Sori can be shown in a different photograph.

Photography involves taking some care to show the right parts, definitely not just “clicking”.

This is Polystichum piceopaleaceum.

References:
POWO Flora of China FOC illustration India Flora Online iNaturalist pteridoportal

Updated on August 27, 2026

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