spinulose wood fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

Summary 2

Dryopteris carthusiana is a species of fern native to damp forests throughout the Holarctic Kingdom. It is known as the narrow buckler-fern in the United Kingdom, and as the spinulose woodfern in North America.

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  1. (c) Christopher Tracey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Christopher Tracey
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryopteris_carthusiana

More Info

iNat Map

Growth form clustered
Separate fertile frond? no
Frond division twice/pinnule
Frond shape other
Indusium present? yes
Pinna/pinnule margins toothed
Pinnae arrangement alternate
Soral arrangement scattered
Sorus shape round
Stipe/rachis features scaly