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17-09-2006, 09:27 PM
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| | | Help with a Fern ID
I assume this is not a spleenwort. But apart from that i could do with some ID help please 
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17-09-2006, 09:43 PM
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| | | Re: Help with a Fern ID
Hard Fern (Blechnum spicant) - typical of shady places on acid soils
The narrower frond hold the spores |
17-09-2006, 11:40 PM
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Thanks Tiggrx. Any clues as to how you got to the id ?
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18-09-2006, 07:40 AM
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Generally the frond shape - especially the combination of slightly broader sterile fronds with narrower more upright fertile fronds |
18-09-2006, 01:39 PM
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| | | Re: Help with a Fern ID
The easy way to tell hard fern from polypody is that hard fern fronds taper in towards the base. |
18-09-2006, 05:06 PM
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Excellent
many thanks to both
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19-09-2006, 09:53 AM
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Just wondering if this was along the old (salt line), railway? |
20-09-2006, 05:20 PM
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SW
No not this particular pic
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