Photo: Dryopteris filix mas 2.

Fiddleheads in spring. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Planted. 2005-05-20.
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott Engl.: male fern, basket fern, bear's-paw root, knotty brake, male shield fern, shield fern, sweet brake. Deu.: Wurmfarn, Farnwurzel, Gemeiner Wurmfarn, Natternfarn, Schnackenkraut, Teufelsleiter, Wanzenkraut. Suom.: kivikkoalvejuuri. Sven.: träjon. Bot. syn.: Aspidium filix-mas Swartz, Dryopteris abbreviata auct., Polypodium filix-mas L.
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Photo: Dryopteris filix mas 2.