Mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia.

synonyms: adder's fern, common polypody, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, Polypodium vulgare, wall fern.

Polish: paprotka zwyczajna, słodyczka

Deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers.

synonyms: Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia peregrina.

Polish: komptonia amerykańska