Links to genera Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes) Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
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Blechnum spicant • Hard Fern
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Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth; Hard Fern
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Young plants on exposed moorland. West Scotland (Main Argyll), early June |
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Fertile fronds unfurling. West Scotland (Main Argyll), early July |
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With well-developed fertile fronds. Central Scotland (E. Perthshire), late July |
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Hampshire, early July |
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Cumbria, June |
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