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Japanese Holly Fern

Ferns and Fern Allies

The Japanese holly fern, also called the house holly-fern, is an evergreen fern native to eastern Asia, in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. Its leathery, shiny bright green fronds grow to more than half a meter long and are made up of six to ten pairs of broad, holly-like leaflets with a netlike vein pattern. In the wild it roots in crevices of coastal cliffs, stream banks and other moist, stable rocky ground. It is widely grown as an ornamental and houseplant in temperate climates, has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, and has become an invasive weed in parts of Australia where it has escaped cultivation.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Cyrtomium falcatum 3
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteridophyta, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Japanese Holly Fern
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Australia

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Austria

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Belgium

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Croatia

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Hungary

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Ireland

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Italy

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Japan

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Lesotho

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Manchuria

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Netherlands

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North America

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Norway

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Palestine

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Peru

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Philippines

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Romania

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Spain

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Taiwan

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United Kingdom

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Vietnam

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Sources
1. Wikidata: Japanese Holly Fern
  • Wikidata Q2415732, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikipedia 'Cyrtomium falcatum': a species of fern
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Wikipedia: Cyrtomium falcatum
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q2415732 (P225 taxon name)
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 330858
    The holly fern has escaped from cultivation in some regions of the world, and has become established in the wild as an introduced species.
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Cyrtomium falcatum
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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6. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Cyrtomium falcatum
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record
Quote, iucnRedListCategory record
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Dryopteridaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12480
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12480
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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