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Dryopteris affinis Dryopteridaceae Scaly Male Fern
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Dryopteris affinis
© Paul Hackney		 Dryopteris affinis
© Fiona McCrory		 Dryopteris affinis
© Fiona McCrory		 Dryopteris affinis
Map updated: March 2008
Dryopteris affinis
© Paul Hackney
Species Description:
A complex of several similar plants which differ from the common male fern in having a black spot at the junction of the pinna with the main leaf rachis (central midrib). Some forms eg morph. cambrensis are very scaly - hence the English name. The plants reproduce asexually.
All names: Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenkins; Dryopteris borreri auct.; Dryopteris pseudomas (Wollaston) Holub & Pouzar; Dryopteris filix-mas var. borreri Newm.

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