Polypodium californicum is a species of fern known by the common name California polypody. Its common names include nested polypody and habit polypody. Several species are known by the common name scaly polypody and resurrection fern. Polypodium calirhiza is a species of fern in the polypody family. The common polypody occurs throughout western Europe and North Africa. At Easegill, the limestone cliffs support rigid buckler fern, limestone polypody and mossy saxifrage. Polypodium vulgare, the common polypody, is a fern of the family Polypodiaceae. Other common plants are woodrush, bracken, polypody fern and various species of mosses. Other characteristic species include leatherleaf polypody fern and evergreen huckleberry. This polypody anchors with a scaly rhizome. This polypody anchors with a waxy, scaly rhizome.