Blechnum appendiculatum

Blechnum appendiculatum
In cultivation in a botanical garden in Tenerife
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Blechnaceae
Genus:	Blechnum
Species:	B. appendiculatum
Binomial name
Blechnum appendiculatum Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Blechnum distans var. meridionale (C. Presl) Rosenst. Blechnum glandulosum Kaulf. ex Link Blechnum heterocarpum Fée Blechnum meridionale C.Presl Blechnum occidentale var. appendiculata (Willd.) Hieron. Blechnum occidentale var. glandulosum (Link) Proctor Blechnum occidentale var. intermedium E.Fourn. Blechnum occidentale var. meridionale (C.Presl) Luetzelb. Blechnum occidentale var. minor Hook. Blechnum occidentale var. pectinatum (Hook.) Hook.

Blechnum appendiculatum is a fern in the family Blechnaceae.^[1] It is commonly known as hammock fern,^[3] sinkhole fern, and New World midsorus fern.^[4] Its native range is from the southern United States through Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America to western South America.^[2] It grows in rocky hammocks and moist forests.^[3]