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Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes)
Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
Blechnum spicant  •  Hard Fern
Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth; Hard Fern
Hard Fern, Devon, September
Young plants on exposed moorland. West Scotland (Main Argyll), early June Plants in deep shade in acid woodland. North Wales, (Caernarvonshire) June
Fertile fronds unfurling. West Scotland (Main Argyll), early July With well-developed fertile fronds. Central Scotland (E. Perthshire), late July
Hampshire, early July Cumbria, June
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