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Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas

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Male Fern Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas dylan Northern Lower Failand 12 May 2022, 6:14 p.m. 24 Apr 2022, 2:52 p.m.
Male Fern Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 7 Apr 2021, 1:46 p.m. 24 Mar 2021, 3:53 p.m.
Male Fern Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 7 Apr 2021, 1:46 p.m. 24 Mar 2021, 3:53 p.m.
Male Fern Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas dylan Eastville park 7 Apr 2021, 2:45 p.m. 18 Jul 2020, 10:54 a.m.
Male Fern Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas dylan Eastville park 7 Apr 2021, 2:45 p.m. 18 Jul 2020, 10:54 a.m.
Male Fern Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas dylan Eastville park 7 Apr 2021, 2:45 p.m. 18 Jul 2020, 10:55 a.m.

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Species Description

Common and widespread throughout the UK. Habitat includes: woodland, hedgerows, ditches. Other names include: Male-fern. Has a short, stout, erect rhizome shaggy with old frond bases and pale brown scales. It normally bears a single crown of soft dark green fronds, 15 to 150 cm long. This fern is normally bi-pinnate. The pinnules have rounded tips and are serrated all round. The sori underneath the pinnules are round and normally run in two parallel rows. Perennial.