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helecho macho;fieito macho;Male Fern

Dryopteris affinis

Description:

The Dryopteris affinis fern has dark green fronds are 60-160 cm long, moderately stiff and hard-textured, bipinnate, with the pinnae opposite on the rachis; the rachis at the base of the frond is densely covered in yellow-brown scales known as ramenta. Each pinna is 8-18 cm long, the pinnules broad rectangular with a slightly serrated margin, and decreasing in size only close to the pinna tip.

Habitat:

Bosques caducifolios frescos Fresh deciduous forests

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1 Comment

luis.bio.teis
luis.bio.teis 12 years ago

more pics ?

adrian gil
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adrian gil

Redondela, Galicia, Spain

Spotted on May 3, 2012
Submitted on May 3, 2012

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