Male-fern - Dryopteris filix-mas
Alternative names
Male Fern
Description
Has a short, stout, erect rhizome shaggy with old frond bases and pale brown scales. It normally bears a single crown of soft dark green fronds, 15 to 150 cm long. This fern is normally bi-pinnate. The pinnules have rounded tips and are serrated all round. The sori underneath the pinnules are round and normally run in two parallel rows.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Woods, hedgebanks, ditch sides, etc.
When to see it
July August
Life History
Perennial
UK Status
Common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 343 of the 617 tetrads.
David NichollsGrace Dieu03 March 2008
David NichollsMartinshaw Wood31 August 2013
Graham CalowStoney Stanton31 August 2016
Graham CalowStoney Stanton31 August 2016
David NichollsMartinshaw Wood31 August 2013
Graham CalowFrolesworth01 June 2015specimen examined
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Alan SemperHolwell Browns Hill Quarry31 May 2013
steven lewiswelby21 November 2016
David NichollsUlverscroft15 September 2011
steven lewiswelby21 November 2016 top of Granitethorrpe Quarry Sapcote SP 4956 9366 (taken 15.5.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowGranitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote15 May 2008
David NichollsBagworth Heath17 September 2011. top of Granitethorrpe Quarry Sapcote SP 4956 9366 (taken 15.5.2008),.JPG)
Graham CalowGranitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote15 May 2008
David NichollsBagworth Heath17 September 2011
David NichollsUlverscroft15 September 2011
David NichollsLaunde Fish Ponds22 September 2012
David NichollsNew Lount27 September 2012
David NichollsNew Lount27 September 2012
David NichollsAltar Stones29 September 2012
 top of Granitethorrpe Quarry Sapcote SP 4956 9366 (taken 15.5.2008).JPG)
. top of Granitethorrpe Quarry Sapcote SP 4956 9366 (taken 15.5.2008),.JPG)
