Dryopteris championii

Species: Dryopteris championii

English Name: Champion’s Wood Fern

Chinese Name: 闊鱗鱗毛蕨

Family: Dryopteridaceae

Description:

Evergreen fern that typically grows in a clump to 2-3′ tall. Rhizome is erect and massive bearing several fronds in a tuft, it is also scaly.

Found in Japan, South Korea and China, on dry forest floors and foots of lower mountains.

References:

– Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science 2005. Flora of Macao (Volume 1). Macao, SAR: Author

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