Rigid Buckler-Fern (Dryopteris villarii)

Rigid Buckler-Fern, a reference photo — Photo: Thomas Mathis · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Dryopteris villarii, commonly known as the rigid buckler fern, is a perennial leptosporangiate fern native to Central and South East Europe as well as the Western Caucasus. It was first described in 1915.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Rigid Buckler-Fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Dryopteris mindshelkensis
Dryopteris oreades

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Dryopteris
Species: Dryopteris villarii

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