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Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H. P. Fuchs

narrow buckler-fern (Dryopteridaceae)

 SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
Very widespreadNegligible tendencyE
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Dryopteris carthusiana is a common fern of marshes, fens, bogs and carr.

Camberley (VC17: Surrey); 2017-08-31

 narrow buckler-fern / Dryopteris carthusiana: _Dryopteris carthusiana_ is a common fern of marshes, fens, bogs and carr.

The leaf-segments of Dryopteris carthusiana have conspicuously long teeth.

Camberley (VC17: Surrey); 2017-08-31

 narrow buckler-fern / Dryopteris carthusiana: The leaf-segments of _Dryopteris carthusiana_ have conspicuously long teeth.

In Dryopteris carthusiana, like all the buckler-ferns, the indusia covering the spores are shaped like small shields (a ‘buckler’ being a type of rounded shield).

Camberley (VC17: Surrey); 2017-08-31

 narrow buckler-fern / Dryopteris carthusiana: In _Dryopteris carthusiana_, like all the buckler-ferns, the indusia covering the spores are shaped like small shields (a ‘buckler’ being a type of rounded shield).

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