shield fern

1. Any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori (synset 113213523)
   is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
   subtypes:

   • broad buckler-fern, dryopteris dilatata - European shield fern
   • dryopteris goldiana, goldie's fern, goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern - North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe
   • polystichum setiferum, soft shield fern - European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
   belongs to: athyriaceae, dryopteridaceae, family athyriaceae, family dryopteridaceae - alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
   same as: buckler fern

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