Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sunset 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 apiciflora
- Dryopteris fuscoatra
- Dryopteris wallichiana
- Dryopteris championii
- Dryopteris fuscipes
- Dryopteris transmorrisonensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
- Species
- Dryopteris lepidopoda
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