Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott fo. incisum (Gray) Gilbert

Common names:

Christmas fern [Christmas-fern, Christmasfern] (1907-Present) (3, 50, 72, 97, 109, 122, 138, 155)

Dagger fern [Dagger-fern] (1949) (109)