Dryopteris oreades, commonly known as the mountain male-fern, is a species of Dryopteris woodfern native to the British Isles, western Europe, and western Asia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain Male-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 cambrensis
- Dryopteris mindshelkensis
- Dryopteris villarii
- Dryopteris filix-mas
- Dryopteris affinis
- Athyrium distentifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
- Species
- Dryopteris oreades
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