#genus_Polystichum__Polystichum small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
supertype: fern_genus genera of ferns and fern allies
member: Christmas_fern holly_fern soft_shield_fern
member of: family_Dryopteridaceae__Dryopteridaceae__Athyriaceae__family_Athyriaceae alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member of: class_Filicopsida__Filicopsida__Filicinae__class_Filicinae ferns
member of: division_Pteridophyta__Pteridophyta containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
member of: kingdom_Plantae__Plantae__plant_kingdom__plantkingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
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