General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Plant Height: 1-3 feet
Plant Spread: 1-3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Broadleaf
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Terrariums
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Pollution
Humidity tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic

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Common names
  • Cabbage Palm Fern
  • Rabbit's Foot Fern
  • Golden Polypody Fern
  • Gold Foot Fern
  • Bear's Paw Fern
  • Bear's Foot Fern
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Phlebodium aureum
  • Synonym: Polypodium aureum
  • Synonym: Polypodium attenuatum
  • Synonym: Polypodium mandaianum

Photo Gallery
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2023-08-13
Rhizome of a juvenile plant
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2023-08-13
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-05-04
Spores
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2019-06-14
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2022-05-17

Courtesy Avant Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-10-09
Rhizome
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-10-09
Rhizome and fronds of a plant that was blown out of a palm tree d
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Date: 2013-02-27
original top right from spores seeded in orchid around 2003, the
Location: South Daytona, Florida 
Date: 2014-06-13 
A Florida native, growing on a Sabal Palm.
Location: greenhouse at oldfields
Date: 2019-08-01
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-08-16
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-08-16
Spores
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Date: 2013-02-27
grew accidentally from spores in orchid plant around 2003-2004
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2021-08-04
Reverse leaf showing spores
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2019-05-14
Location: greenhouse at oldfields
Date: 2019-08-01
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-08-16
Rhizome
Location: Keanae Arboretum, Maui, Hawaii.
photo by Forest & Kim Starr
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-05-31
Growing on a palm tree in my backyard.
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-05-31
Growing on a Palm Tree in my backyard.
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Mar 3, 2013 7:53 PM concerning plant:
    The rhizomes that creep along the ground or on surfaces the plant climbs are covered w/ golden yellow 'hairs,' hence plant's other common names - Rabbit's / Hare's / Bear's Foot fern.
    A Florida native south to Argentina. Crested form is the cultivar 'Mandian'. Evergreen.
    'Adapts to civilization.'

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