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Herbarium specimen: Polystichum aculeatum

Taxon:Dryopteridaceae: Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth ("Hard Shield-fern")
Filed in taxon folder:Dryopteridaceae: Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth ("Hard Shield-fern")
Collected by:Mr W Nuttall
William West (Bradford)
Collection date:4/1880
Locality:Great Britain, VC65 North-west Yorkshire, Howgill Fells, SD69, W. side, Coniston grit, in mountain ravine, (altitude 1000ft)
ex herb:William West (Bradford)
Prof George Stephen West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Polystichum aculeatum herbarium specimen from Howgill Fells, VC65 North-west Yorkshire in 1880 by Mr W Nuttall.
notes:A peculiar form

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Documented by lowfatspread on 21st May 2008.

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