shield fern
Noun
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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 sporessubtypes:
- 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 systemssame as: buckler fern
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