Fr: polystic faux-acrostic, fougère-à-faucilles, polystic faux-acrostiche
Provincial Status: N?
Range: Temp. eNA
[=Aetopteron acrostichoides (Michx.) House]
[=Aspidium acrostichoides (Michx.) Sw.]
[=Aspidium acrostichoides (Michx.) Sw. var. incisum A.Gray]
[=Aspidium auriculatum Schkuhr 1806, nom. illeg. hom., non Sw. 1801]
[=Aspidium schweinitzii L.C.Beck]
[=Dryopteris acrostichoides (Michx.) Kuntze]
[=Nephrodium acrostichoides Michx. (basionym)]
[=Nephrodium acrostichoides Michx. var. crispum Hopkins]
[=Nephrodium acrostichoides Michx. var. incisum (A.Gray) Hopkins]
[=Polypodium acrostichoides (Michx.) Poir., 1804 nom. illeg. hom., non G.Forst. 1786]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma crispum Clute]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma cristatum Clute]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma demittens C.F.Reed]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma furcatum F.Seym.]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma gymnosorum Neidorf]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma incisum (A.Gray) Gilbert]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma lanceolatum Clute]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma ligulatum Gruber]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma multifida Clute]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma orbiculatum Eames]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma recurvatum Clute]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma spathiforme C.F.Reed]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott forma ventroperaferens Neidorf]
]=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. crispum Clute]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. incisum A.Gray]
[=Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott var. schweinitzii (Beck) Small]
[=Thelypteris acrostichoides (Michx.) Nieuwl.]
This species was recently reported from a bound collection at the herbarium in the ROOMS. The specimen was collected in the late 1800s by Michael F. Howley at Cape Ray. This fern has not been collected or reported since then, so it cannot be considered a current mermber of the Newfoundland flora, but it is worth looking for in that Cape Ray and Codroy area. Thanks to Nathalie Djan Chékar for bringing this to our attention!