Dryopteris aemula, the hay-scented buckler-fern or hay-scented fern, is a species of perennial leptosporangiate fern.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hay-scented 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 guanchica
- Dryopteris maderensis
- Dryopteris dilatata
- Dryopteris azorica
- Arachniodes miqueliana
- Dryopteris glabra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
- Species
- Dryopteris aemula
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