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Fortune's Holly-fern - Cyrtomium fortunei

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Fortune's Holly-fern Fortune's Holly-fern - Cyrtomium fortunei dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 12 Jul 2022, 9:34 p.m. 11 Jul 2022, 12:40 p.m.
Fortune's Holly-fern Fortune's Holly-fern - Cyrtomium fortunei dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 12 Jul 2022, 9:34 p.m. 11 Jul 2022, 12:39 p.m.
Fortune's Holly-fern Fortune's Holly-fern - Cyrtomium fortunei dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 12 Jul 2022, 9:34 p.m. 11 Jul 2022, 12:39 p.m.
Fortune's Holly-fern Fortune's Holly-fern - Cyrtomium fortunei dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 12 Jul 2022, 9:34 p.m. 11 Jul 2022, 12:39 p.m.
Fortune's Holly-fern Fortune's Holly-fern - Cyrtomium fortunei dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 12 Jul 2022, 9:34 p.m. 11 Jul 2022, 12:40 p.m.
Fortune's Holly-fern Fortune's Holly-fern - Cyrtomium fortunei dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 12 Jul 2022, 9:34 p.m. 11 Jul 2022, 12:40 p.m.

Species Description

Very scattered in the South (only 19 records according to NBN).

Stace 4:

Cyrtomium fortunei J. Sm. - Fortune's Holly-fern.

Differs from C. falcatum in pinnae 12-26 pairs, about 5-7 x 1-3cm, usually toothed more or less to apex, dull on upperside; (2n=82, 123). Neophyte-naturalised; on old walls and banks in sheltered places, often in towns; very scattered in England North to County Durham, Breconshire, Guernsey; East Asia.

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