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Dryopteris x boottii
Dryopteris campyloptera "flat form"
Dryopteris campyloptera "curly form"
Dryopteris campyloptera x D. intermedia
Dryopteris carthusiana
Dryopteris cristata
Dryopteris expansa
Dryopteris filix-mas [sensu lato]
Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. brittonii
Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. filix-mas
Dryopteris fragrans
Dryopteris intermedia
Dryopteris marginalis
Dryopteris x uliginosa
Polystichum braunii
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum

Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson ["flat form"]  -  Mountain Woodfern, Spreading Shieldfern - [NF, LAB]

Pouch Cove to Shoe Cove section of the East Coast Trail, Newfoundland. Thick coniferous woods. June 8, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup

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Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson ["curly form"]  -  Mountain Woodfern, Spreading Shieldfern - [NF, LAB]

Pouch Cove to Shoe Cove section of the East Coast Trail, Newfoundland. Thick coniferous woods. August 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Fronds
Whole Frond
Frond Detail
Frond Detail
Frond Detail
Frond Detail
Closeup of Fruiting Bodies
Extreme Closeup of Fruiting Bodies

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Dryopteris cf. campyloptera x D. intermedia  -  [Hybrid Woodfern] - [NF]

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Meetinghouse Road Blueberry Road. High barren ridges. Chasms within bedrock. September 4, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond Base, Closeup [Note short glandular hairs on central rachis]
Frond Base, Closeup
Frond Base [Lower, inner pinnules a bit longer than next outer ones]
Frond Base
Frond Base
Frond Base
Frond Tip
Frond
Fronds
Whole Plants, in Habitat
Whole Plants, in Habitat

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Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy  -  Northern Woodfern - [NF, LAB]

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Gully Trail. Open woods. July 11, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Lower Pinnae
Lower Pinnae
Pinnules
Pinnules, Underside
Frond

Northern Peninsula Highway, near New Ferrole Junction, Newfoundland. Tucker's Cottages. Coniferous woods. July 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup
Frond, Closeup
Whole Frond

About 138.5 km west of Paradise River Junction, Labrador. Coniferous woods. August 3, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

Pouch Cove to Shoe Cove section of the East Coast Trail, Newfoundland. Thick coniferous woods. August 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Fronds
Frond Details
Closeup of Fruiting Bodies
Extreme Closeup of Fruiting Bodies

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Dryopteris filix-mas (Linnaeus) Schott [sensu lato]  -  Male Fern - [NF]

Barr'd Harbour Hill, Highlands of St. John, Newfoundland. Mature woods. July 12-13, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Extreme Closeup, Top
Frond, Closeup, Top
Frond, Closeup, Top
Frond, Closeup, Top
Fruiting Pinnae
Fruiting Pinnae
Fruiting Pinnae
Base of Stems
Whole Plant, Top View

Marble Mountain, Newfoundland. Beaver Pond Trail. Mixed woods. July 17, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sori, Closeup
Whole Plants in Habitat

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Dryopteris fragrans (Linnaeus) Schott  -  Fragrant Woodfern - [NF, LAB]

Tilt Cove, Newfoundland. Under large boulders and amongst boulder rubble. Bouldery scree on lefthand hillside towards harbour. July 20, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sori
Sori
Fronds
Fronds
Fronds
Fronds
Fronds
Old Dead Fronds
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

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Dryopteris intermedia (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) A. Gray  -  Evergreen Woodfern - [NF]

Northern Peninsula Highway, near New Ferrole Junction, Newfoundland. Tucker's Cottages. Coniferous woods. July 1, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup
Frond, Closeup

Gambo, Newfoundland. David Smallwood Park. River trail. Coniferous woods. July 22, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Basal Pinnae
Frond, Lower Portion
Whole Plants

Whitbourne *, Newfoundland. Sir Robert Bond Estate, July 27, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Frond
Whole Fronds

St. John's, Newfoundland. Oxen Pond Botanic Park. Coniferous woods. October 7, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Rachis, Closeup
Rachis
Base of Frond
Frond
Frond

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Lighthouse Road. Coniferous woods. November 12, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Base of Frond
Base of Frond
Frond

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Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée  -  Braun's Hollyfern - [NF, ?LAB]

Barr'd Harbour Hill, Highlands of St. John, Newfoundland. Mixed woods. July 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sori
Fronds
Whole Plant

Pasadena, Newfoundland. Urban garden. July 17, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Base

Doctors Hill, Newfoundland. Mixed woods. August 30, 2005. [Digital - Claudia Hanel]

Whole Plant
Whole Plants

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Polystichum lonchitis (Linnaeus) Roth  -  Hollyfern - [NF]

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. Southeast side. Below cliff near shore. Limestone area. July 6, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup, Bottom, Sori
Frond, Closeup, Bottom
Frond, Closeup, Top
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

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