Polystichum setiferum

Soft Shield-fern
  • Tufted leaves up to 1 m tall
  • Blade mat, light green. Base still broad.
  • Short-stemmed pinnulae, eared (main difference with P. aculeatum).
  • Stalk very scaly

DRYOPTERIDACEAE

= ASPIDIACEAE

genus Polystichum

 

  • Growth in spring, fructification in summer, leaves disappearing the next spring
  • Cool woods, slopes, shaded screes, cliff bases, up to an altitude of around 1000 m

  • Common in the Vercors, generally associated to P. aculeatum