Blechnum spicant, Photo: Michael Lahanas Cladus: Eukaryota --------- Blechnum spicant is a species of fern known by the common names Deer fern or hard fern. It is native to Europe and western North America. Like some other Blechnum it has two types of leaves. The sterile leaves have flat, wavy-margined leaflets 5 to 8 millimeters wide, while the fertile leaves have much narrower leaflets, each with two thick rows of sori on the underside. Source: Wikipedia, Wikispecies: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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