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male fern

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male fern,
n Latin name:
Dryopteris filix-mas; parts used: dried rhizomes, roots; uses: anthelmintic; precautions: abortifacient, pregnancy, lactation, children, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, hepatotoxicity, toxic. Also called
bear's paw, erkek egrelti, helecho macho, knotty brake, marginal shield-fern, shield fern, sweet brake, or
wurmfarn.

male fern


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These venerable hollow trees are sentinels, watching over the steep male fern banks of limes and oaks.
Dryopteris affinis, the Golden Male Fern, can reach 90 cm (36in) tall and has produced some wonderful variations with twisted and congested fronds that add another dimension to the display.
Overhanging oaks shelter hedgebanks of succulent pennywort, polypody and scaly male ferns, with foxglove and campion plants.
 
 
 
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