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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
 
British Isles status: grows in the wild but not usually established


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Photographer: J R Crellin

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NIKON D700
15/10/2013 15:10:13
1/40 sec - F/14
Lens: 105mm f/2.8 G VR
Sensitivity: ISO 1600
Exp. compensation: -0.7 EV
Depth of field: 0.11 m (1.21 - 1.32)
Light value: 8.9


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