Group: Pteridophytina (Ferns)
Family: Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Genus: Dryopteris (Wood-Fern)
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott - Male-Fern
Dryopteris oreades Fomin - Mountain Male-Fern
Dryopteris lacunosa S. Jess. & al. - Male-Fern
Dryopteris borreri (Newman) Oberh. & Tavel - Male-Fern
Dryopteris pseudodisjuncta (Fraser-Jenk.) Fraser-Jenk. - Male-Fern
Dryopteris villarii (Bellardi) Schinz & Thell. - Male-Fern
Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk. - Scaly Male-Fern
Dryopteris cambrensis (Fraser-Jenk.) Beitel & W. R. Buck
Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray - Crested Buckler-Fern
Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H. P. Fuchs - Narrow Buckler-Fern
Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A. Gray - Broad Buckler-Fern
Dryopteris remota (Döll) Druce - Scaly Buckler-Fern
Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenk. & Jermy - Northern Buckler-Fern
30–80 cm tall. <span class="v1">plants:</span> <ba><b>with (slightly) different designed sporo- and trophophylls</b></ba>. <span class="v1">sporophylls:</span> <ba><b>sporophylls erect, with a long stalk, 2‑times as large as the trophophylls, green<...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Natural, established occurences | ![]() |
Artificial occurences |
The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands, extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths
in moist to wet habitats