Polystichum lonchitis is a species of fern known by the common name northern holly fern or simply holly fern. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to Alaska to Greenland and south into mountainous central North America. It grows in moist shady rocky mountain habitat. This fern produces several erect linear leaves up to 60 centimeters long.
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