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Herbarium specimen: Polystichum setiferum

Taxon:Dryopteridaceae: Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T. Moore ex Woyn. ("Soft Shield-fern")
Other name:Dryopteridaceae: Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth ("Hard Shield-fern")
named by Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston 10/1957

I think that this is only a young plant of P aculeatum (L.)Roth.

Filed in taxon folder:Dryopteridaceae: Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T. Moore ex Woyn. ("Soft Shield-fern")
Collected by:Miss Dorothy Adlington Cadbury
Collection date:17/2/1951
Locality:Great Britain, VC38 Warwickshire, Holywell, Yarnigale Common, SP198662, roadside ditch Ws -d
ex herb:Flora of Warwickshire Voucher Specimen
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Polystichum setiferum herbarium specimen from Holywell, Yarnigale Common, VC38 Warwickshire in 1951 by Miss Dorothy Adlington Cadbury.
notes:Frequency L.F.

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+Polystichum setiferumGB, VC38 Warwickshire, Holywell, Yarnigale CommonDorothy Adlington Cadbury17/2/1951BIRM

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Documented by lowfatspread on 26th April 2008.

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