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Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes)
Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
Dryopteris lacunosa •  Alpine Male Fern
Dryopteris lacunosa S.Jess., Zenner, Chr.Stark & Bujnoch; Alpine Male Fern
Dryopteris lacunosa, Arran, August
Cumbria, December Arran, August
Arran, August Arran, August
Arran, August Arran, August
Underside of frond showing dark spot extending up costa. Arran, August Arran, August
Arran, August Arran, August
Form with strongly marked lobes but few teeth. Gwynnedd, September Form with strongly marked lobes but few teeth. Gwynnedd, September
Old fronds in winter, Cumbria, December Untypical frond with irregular closely set pinnules, second flush late in season, Cumbria, August
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