Polystichum lonchitis

Holly Fern
  • 20 to 40 cm long leaves, tufted
  • Green blade, leathery, divided once
  • Eared leaflets, scythe-shaped, dentate

DRYOPTERIDACEAE

= ASPIDIACEAE

genus polystichum

 

 

  • Development in spring, fructification in summer, disappearing the next summer
  • Lapiaz crevices, screes, wooded rocky soils; rarely below an elevation of 1000 m
  • Wide spread but not abundant in Vercors: Sornin, Herbouilly, Font d'Urle, Hauts Plateaux, Mont Aiguille