Golden polypody

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Phlebodium aureum

Golden polypody, a reference photo
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Phlebodium aureum (golden polypody, golden serpent fern, cabbage palm fern, gold-foot fern, blue-star fern, hare-foot fern; syn. Polypodium aureum, Polypodium leucotomos) is an epiphytic fern native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Golden polypody being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Polypodiaceae
Species
Phlebodium aureum

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