Dryopteridaceae
Male fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
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Common names
By language (51)
- Arabic
- ذكر السرخس, خنشار, سرخس, سرخس ذكر, شرود
- Armenian
- Վահանապտեր արական
- arz
- ذكر السرخس
- Asturian
- Felechaniella
- Azerbaijani
- Erkək ayıdöşəyi, Erkək qıjı
- Basque
- Iratze ar
- Belarusian
- Папараць мужчынская
- Bulgarian
- Мъжка папрат
- Catalan
- Falguera mascle, Fougère mâle
- Chinese
- 欧洲鳞毛蕨, 歐洲鱗毛蕨, 暗鳞鳞毛蕨, 欧洲鱗毛蕨（欧绵马）, 欧绵马
- Czech
- Kapraď samec
- Danish
- Almindelig Mangeløv, Mangeløv
- Dutch
- Mannetjesvaren
- English
- Male fern, Male-fern
- Esperanto
- Vera driopterido
- Estonian
- Maarja-sõnajalg, Imarik, Maarjasõnajalg, Nõiasõnajalg, Pillerkroon, Viigirohi
- Finnish
- Kivikkoalvejuuri
- French
- Fougère mâle, Fougere male
- Galician
- Fento macho
- Georgian
- Ჩადუნა, Მამრობითი გვიმრა
- German
- Echter Wurmfarn, Gemeiner Wurmfarn, Fougère mâle, Gewöhnlicher Wurmfarn, Männerfarn
- Hausa
- Agugu
- Hungarian
- Erdei pajzsika
- Icelandic
- Stóriburkni
- Irish
- Raithneach mhadra
- Italian
- Felce maschio
- Japanese
- セイヨウオシダ, フィリックス
- Kazakh
- Усасыр
- Kurdish
- Tilîper
- Latvian
- Melnā ozolpaparde
- Lithuanian
- Kelminis papartis, Fougère mâle
- myv
- Атяшкерьге
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ormetelg, Ormegras, Ormegress, Ormtelg
- os
- Арсыцил
- Persian
- نرسرخس
- Polish
- Nerecznica samcza, Narecznica samcza
- Quechua
- Urqu raki-raki
- Russian
- Щитовник мужской, Мужской папоротник, Папоротник мужской
- se
- Juovvagáiski
- Serbian
- Обична папрат
- Slovenian
- Navadna glistovnica
- sma
- Gaajsege
- smj
- Gájtsagis
- Spanish
- Dentabron, Dentabrón, Falaguera, Falguera, Tectaria filix mas, Tectaria filix-mas
- stq
- Rainefoone
- Swedish
- Träjon
- Tatar
- Паразитларга каршы дарыу
- Ukrainian
- Папороть чоловіча, Дріоптерис чоловічий, Щитник чоловічий
- Walloon
- Fetchire måye
- Welsh
- Marchredynen gyffredin
- xmf
- Მაგვიმარაია
Synonyms
- Aspidium filix-mas (L.) Sw.
- Dryopteris filix-mas f. filix-mas
- Lastrea filix-mas (L.) C.Presl
- Nephrodium filix-mas (L.) Rich.
- Polypodium filix-mas L.
- Polystichum filix-mas (L.) Roth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ralf Lotys, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ChrisInMilton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.