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Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)

  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
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  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Original uploader was Sten Porse at da.wikipedia | Transferred from da.wikipedia | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: I.Sá?ek, senior | Own work | License: PD
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: I.Sá?ek, senior | Own work | License: PD
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: I.Sá?ek, senior | Own work | License: PD
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: I.Sá?ek, senior | Own work | License: PD
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: I.Sá?ek, senior | Own work | License: PD
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: I.Sá?ek, senior | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: I.Sá?ek, senior | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: I.Sá?ek, senior | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Frank Vincentz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Bjoertvedt | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
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  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Bjoertvedt | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Bjoertvedt | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Bjoertvedt | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Leo Michels | Own work | License: PD
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Leo Michels | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Leo Michels | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Leo Michels | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Leo Michels | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: by Thomas Moore ; edited by John Lindley ; nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. | The ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. | License: PD Old PD-Art (PD-old)
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: by Thomas Moore; edited by John Lindley; nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. | The ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. | License: PD Old PD-Art (PD-old)
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: by Thomas Moore; edited by John Lindley; nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. | The ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. | License: PD Old PD-Art (PD-old)
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: unidentified photograph | Book: ???????????? "????? ????????". ?????? 1978. Originally uploaded in ruwiki by ru:????????:??????? as ru:????:Dryopteris_f.... | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: unidentified photograph | Book: ???????????? "????? ????????". ?????? 1978. Originally uploaded in ruwiki by ru:????????:??????? as ru:????:Dryopteris_f.... | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: unidentified photograph | Book: ???????????? "????? ????????". ?????? 1978. Originally uploaded in ruwiki by ru:????????:??????? as ru:????:Dryopteris_f.... | License: PD Nordens Flora
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Sönke Kraft aka Arnulf zu Linden | Own work | Lic ense: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Sönke Kraft aka Arnulf zu Linden | Own work | License: PD Old
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Sönke Kraft aka Arnulf zu Linden | Own work | License: PD Old
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) | Own work | License: CC-BY-3.0
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Paul Hermans | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
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    Credit: Paul Hermans | Own work | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Willow | Own work | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
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  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Willow | Own work | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Male Fern (Dryopteris Filix-Mas) https://www.sagebud.com/male-fern-dryopteris-filix-mas
    Credit: Willow | Own work | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
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Dryopteris Filix-Mas, or more commonly know as Male Fern, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Dryopteris. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Dryopteris Filix-Mas or Male Fern's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Hawaii, specifically in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Fern
  • Genus: Dryopteris
  • Family: Dryopteridaceae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • Class: Filicopsida
  • Division: Pteridophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N) GL (N) SPM (N)
  • State T/E Status: ME (E) VT (T)
  • State T/E Common Name: ME (male fern) VT (male fern)





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