Deer Fern

suggested on that spotting, hg_williams3.
Wendy is definetely right with the genus.

hey i posted the pic but now looking back its probably not the same but see if you can id it please http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/864...

great - go ahead

I have a fern here we got from a friend many years ago that looks just like this ill upload and notify i a week tell me if its the same

Most likely it's due to to the forestry. There is just about 10% of natural forests left here in Germany. Everything else is already cultivated, economical forest.

I'm glad you have the ID! Do you know why it's become so uncommon? Environmental or development?

Got the ID...it has once been a common fern here but became pretty rare

That's awesome! craigwilliams or SarahHiteWhitt may know this one.

Thanks, Cindy - it's actually a very rare fern. My Dad is trying to cultivate it currently.

Beautiful pictures Lars!