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Mountain Male Fern

Dryopteris oreades

Also called Dwarf Male Fern

Family
Dryopteridaceae (Wood fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
Europe to Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Dryopteris oreades, commonly known as the mountain male-fern, is a species of Dryopteris woodfern native to the British Isles, western Europe, and western Asia.

Other Dryopteris plants

Dryopteris hasseltii · Hay Scented Buckler Fern · Scaly Male Fern · Coastal woodfern · Mountain woodfern · Spinulose woodfern · Log fern · Cinnamon woodfern · Clinton's woodfern · Large Kidney Fern · Shield Fern · Serpent woodfern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dryopteris oreades by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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