Gary Fewless

Key to the Ferns

8. Pinnae margins with spiny tipped teeth and an auricle (conspicuous lobe pointing toward the tip of the blade) at the base of each sterile pinna; fronds usually less than 40 cm long; very rare. Polystichum acrostichoides
8. Pinnae margins lacking spiny teeth and lacking basal auricles; fronds usually more than 40 cm tall.
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