Microsorum punctatum is a fern from the subfamily Microsoroideae commonly called the fish-tail fern, climbing bird's nest fern, dwarf elkhorn fern, or wart fern. It has been used in traditional medicine.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Elkhorn fern 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.
Easily confused with
- Lepisorus fortuni
- Asplenium serratum
- Campyloneurum phyllitidis
- Asplenium nidus
- Asplenium setoi
- Niphidium crassifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Microsorum
- Species
- Microsorum punctatum
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