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Dryopteris cycadina
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Shaggy Shield Fern
Black Wood Fern

Plantae
Leptosporangiate ferns (True ferns)
Polypodiales
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Hay-on-Wye old railway path through town.
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Certainly a garden escape. (Erroneously often named as D. atrata in horticulture.)

This is now confirmed by Dr F Rumsey.
15 October 2013
Category: Wild-growing plants and fungi of the British Isles
 
 


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Photographer: J R Crellin

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NIKON D700
15/10/2013 15:09:39
1/40 sec - F/13
Lens: 105mm f/2.8 G VR
Sensitivity: ISO 1600
Exp. compensation: -0.7 EV
Depth of field: 0.99 m (3.33 - 4.32)
Light value: 8.7


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