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Dryopteris fern spotted in the woods!

18 years ago

Its nice to see a wild fern other than bracken! I had to scramble over brambles and scrub to get to this but I had to get a close look.

Underneath those lovely fronds are lots of pale c shaped indusae-the mark of a dryopteris!

But which one I wonder....

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Aaron_UK
18 years ago
Looks like Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)
greenlarry
Original Author
18 years ago
Yes, it could well be that fern! I googled and came up with some similar images, and also on this site theres a few good close ups of male fern(filis mas)

Here is a link that might be useful: male fern(filis mas)
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