This beautiful fern was found in the understory of a temperate rainforest in the heart of Bernardo O’Higgins National Park. Towering above its finely divided, ~1 meter long fronds were oldgrowth Nothofagus and Podocarpus trees draped in moss and Hymenophyllum species. I came across this species elsewhere in Chile but nowhere was it as tall and elegant as in these old, untouched rainforests at the toe of the Southern Ice Field.
Observation Data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Polystichum Roth
- Species: Polystichum multifidum T. Moore
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- Common name(s):
Location
- Location: Bernardo O'Higgins National Park – – – Aisén – Chile.
- Coordinates:
- Elevation: -48.2709,-73.8292
