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male fern

Dryopteris filix-mas

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 11,897, February 8,787, March 13,767, April 21,659, May 31,229, June 34,054, July 36,440, August 31,338, September 23,008, October 17,173, November 9,384, December 7,335.
United States248,446
Alaska246,071
Russia10,372
Germany2,760
Moscow Oblast2,377
United Kingdom2,061
Ukraine2,045
Austria1,994
Canada1,979
England1,850

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
Familyshieldfern family · Dryopteridaceae
Genuswood ferns · Dryopteris

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