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Originally Posted by Des Higgins
On Mar 2, 11:20*am, Des Higgins wrote:
On Mar 2, 9:05*am, oaks wrote:
Hi Colin:
it is hard to see the photo clearly and I have never seen Christmas
fern
but if you look at the picture inhttp://www.portableherbarium.com/Polystichum-acrostichoides.jpg
and look at the bootom of each "leaf" (pinna), you see it is
asymetrical. Polystichums look like that (sticky out bit on one side)
and it joins the stem sith a very short but clear stalk.
Check yours to see if they match.
Hard fern (Blechnum spicant) is a common woodland fern here in Ireland
but it is confusing because it has two types of frond (sterile and
fertile).
Look at the pictures inhttp://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/blechnaceae/blechnum-spica...
Yours also look like sterile Blechnum fronds but I am no fern expert.
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p.s it does not look like P.acrostichoides grows wild in the uk
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Thanks Des
Blechnum spicant is in the frame. The only thing is, I have been watching this fern for about six months and don't recall seeing any unusual or different fronds on it. I will go through my old photo's and see if I missed anything. Would the fertile fronds only appear at a certain time of year? Perhaps before we bought the wood in June?
I take your point about the quality of the photo's and will try and improve that.
Thanks for your help.
Colin