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Mountain Male-fern

Dryopteris oreades

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 82, February 61, March 95, April 149, May 215, June 235, July 251, August 216, September 159, October 118, November 65, December 51.
United States1,696
Alaska1,696
Russia56
Spain28
Karachay-Cherkessia27
France20
Kabardino-Balkaria14
Comunidad de Madrid12
Castilla y León10
Occitanie9

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Classification

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

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