#shield fern

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 23 May 2024

Under these trees the Dryopteris filix-mas (male fern, basket fern, shield fern) were unfurling their fronds. This is a vigorous, deciduous fern which forms a shuttlecock of fronds about 1.2m in height.

Jill Raggett

[bethlindleyart]

Polystichum setiferum - Cyanotype Print

[drhoz]

#3774 - Polystichum neozelandicum - Black Shield Fern

A common fern in New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, from the coast up to the mountains, on forested hillsides and banks, on coastal cliff faces under scrub, and usually in well-lit conditions.

Moearaki Boulders, Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand