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soft shield fern
Polystichum setiferum
27 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
hard shield fernPolystichum aculeatum
male fernDryopteris filix-mas
common brackenPteridium aquilinum
lady fernAthyrium filix-femina
Braun's holly fernPolystichum braunii
Golden-scaled Male-fernDryopteris affinis
western sword fernPolystichum munitum
broad buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 17,142 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 17,133 |
| United Kingdom | 1,615 |
| England | 1,265 |
| France | 1,161 |
| Spain | 1,077 |
| Bretagne | 457 |
| Portugal | 419 |
| Italy | 374 |
| Occitanie | 314 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Ferns · Polypodiopsida |
| Order | Polypodiales |
| Family | shieldfern family · Dryopteridaceae |
| Genus | shield ferns · Polystichum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise soft shield fern with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.