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Dryopteris

beech fern

Other common names
boss fern
buckler fern
see moremale fern
shield fern
wood fern
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Botanical details
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Dryopteris

Genus description

Dryopteris can be deciduous, semi-evergreen or evergreen ferns, with stout, erect or decumbent rhizomes and shuttlecock-like rosettes of lance-shaped to ovate, pinnately divided fronds

Name status

Correct

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