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wood ferns
Dryopteris
Dryopteris /draɪˈɒptərɪs/, commonly called wood fern, male fern (referring in particular to Dryopteris filix-mas), or buckler fern, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns with distribution in Eastern Asia, the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific islands, with the highest species diversity in eastern Asia. Many of the species have stout, slowly creeping rootstocks that form a crown, with a vase-like ring of fronds. The sori are round, with a peltate indusium. The stipes...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
male fern
speciesDryopteris filix-mas
spinulose wood fern
speciesDryopteris carthusiana
intermediate wood fern
speciesDryopteris intermedia
marginal wood fern
speciesDryopteris marginalis
spreading wood fern
speciesDryopteris expansa
coastal woodfern
speciesDryopteris arguta
broad buckler-fern
speciesDryopteris dilatata
crested wood fern
speciesDryopteris cristata
autumn fern
speciesDryopteris erythrosora
Scaly male fern
complexDryopteris affinis
Wallich's wood fern
speciesDryopteris wallichiana
mountain wood fern
speciesDryopteris campyloptera
fragrant wood fern
speciesDryopteris fragrans
Goldie's wood fern
speciesDryopteris goldieana
Dryopteris varia
speciesDryopteris varia
Dryopteris paleolata
speciesDryopteris paleolata
Clinton's wood fern
speciesDryopteris clintoniana
Thick-stemmed woodfern
speciesDryopteris crassirhizoma
Dryopteris formosana
speciesDryopteris formosana
Dryopteris sparsa
speciesDryopteris sparsa
Dryopteris oligodonta
speciesDryopteris oligodonta
hay-scented buckler-fern
speciesDryopteris aemula
log fern
speciesDryopteris celsa
southern wood fern
speciesDryopteris ludoviciana
Rigid Buckler-Fern
speciesDryopteris villarii
Pale Male-fern
speciesDryopteris pallida
beaded wood fern
speciesDryopteris bissetiana
Dryopteris sordidipes
speciesDryopteris sordidipes
Dryopteris peranema
speciesDryopteris peranema
Leathery wood fern
speciesDryopteris lacera
Mountain Male-fern
speciesDryopteris oreades
Black wood fern
speciesDryopteris cycadina
Dryopteris scottii
speciesDryopteris scottii
Dryopteris guanchica
speciesDryopteris guanchica
Dryopteris fuscipes
speciesDryopteris fuscipes
Narrow-leaf buckler fern
speciesDryopteris chinensis
Champion's wood fern
speciesDryopteris championii
Dryopteris polita
speciesDryopteris polita
triploid wood fern
hybridDryopteris × triploidea
Azores wood fern
speciesDryopteris azorica
Amur wood fern
speciesDryopteris amurensis
Dryopteris glabra
speciesDryopteris glabra
Boott's wood fern
hybridDryopteris × boottii
Dryopteris pacifica
speciesDryopteris pacifica
Grassland Fern
speciesDryopteris athamantica
Dryopteris uniformis
speciesDryopteris uniformis
Baby buckler fern
speciesDryopteris sacrosancta
Sunset Fern
speciesDryopteris lepidopoda
Dryopteris caucasica
speciesDryopteris caucasica
Dryopteris apiciflora
speciesDryopteris apiciflora
Dryopteris hendersonii
speciesDryopteris hendersonii
Dryopteris alpestris
speciesDryopteris alpestris
Dryopteris atrata
speciesDryopteris atrata
Dryopteris hasseltii
speciesDryopteris hasseltii
Dryopteris decipiens
speciesDryopteris decipiens
limestone buckler-fern
speciesDryopteris mindshelkensis
Dryopteris melanocarpa
speciesDryopteris melanocarpa
Dryopteris aitoniana
speciesDryopteris aitoniana
Dryopteris tenuicula
speciesDryopteris tenuicula
Dryopteris diffracta
speciesDryopteris diffracta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.729
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.814
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1466
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.480
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.484
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52672.