Polystichum lonchitis is a species of fern known by the common name northern hollyfern, or simply holly-fern.

Polystichum lonchitis is a species of fern known by the common name northern hollyfern, or simply holly-fern.

First thought to be a bizarre mutation, evidence is presented here that it is a recurring natural hybrid between Dryopteris goldiana and Polystichum lonchitis.

At the entrance to an old mine he showed me the holly fern (Polystichum lonchitis), which the Victorian collecting craze all but eliminated from Snowdonia.

Indigenous ferns include Asplenium onopteris, Athyrium filix-femina, Phyllitis scolopendrium, Polypodium cambricum, Polypodium vulgare, Polystichum lonchitis, Polystichum aculeatum, and Polystichum setiferum.