Braun's Holly Fern
(Polystichum braunii)

Other common names: Prickly Shield Fern

Other scientific names: Aspidium aculeatum, Aspidium braunii, Dryopteris braunii

French names: Polystic de Braun

Family: Polypody Family (Polypodiaceae)

Group: Holly Ferns

Similar species:
  •   Northern Holly Fern (Polystichum lonchitis) - once divided

  •   Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)


Fronds: Twice divided

Native/Non-native: Native

Status: Uncommon; more common in the north.

Photographs: 6 photographs on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

  


Photograph by Wayne Johns

The whole plant.


Photograph by Wayne Johns

A frond.


Photograph by Wayne Johns


Photograph by Wayne Johns

Sori on underside of pinnae.


Photograph by Wayne Johns

The central point from which all the fronds grow. Next season's fiddleheads are present, ready to go for the spring.


Photograph by Wayne Johns

Closer view of the pinnae.
  

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