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Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes)
Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
Dryopteris affinis subsp. kerryensis •  Irish Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenkins subsp. kerryensis (Fraser-Jenkins) Fraser-Jenkins; D. affinis subsp. affinis var. kerryensis Fraser-Jenkins; Irish Scaly Male Fern; Irish Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis subsp. kerryensis, Co. Kerry, July
County Kerry, August County Kerry, August
Part of frond. County Kerry, August Detail of frond. County Kerry (type location), July
Detail of frond. County Kerry (type location), July Part of frond - larger plant with more developed lobes. County Kerry (type location), July
Detail of stipe at base of frond. County Kerry (type location), July Underside of pinnules showing immature sori. County Kerry (type location), July
Fronds from three different plants. County Kerry (type location), July Cumbria, late August
Fronds, Cumbria, late August Pinnules, showing vein endings not quite reaching edge of lamina. Cumbria, late August
Mature sporangia. Cumbria, late August Sporangia, mostly having released spores. Cumbria, late August
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