Dryopteridaceae

Dryopteris oreades Fomin

Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Dryopteris

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Dryopteris oreades (Dryopteris oreades) — Photo: Terry Instone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

German: Geröll-Wurmfarn
Irish: Raithneach shléibhe
Welsh: Marchredynen y mynydd

Synonyms

Aspidium pumilum (T.Moore) E.J.Lowe
Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. oreades (Fomin) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Lastrea filix-mas var. pumila T.Moore
Lastrea pumila J.Sm.
Nephrodium filix-mas prol. abbreviatum Rouy
Nephrodium filix-mas subsp. abbreviatum P.E.Fourn.
Polystichum filix-mas var. abbreviatum P.E.Fourn.

Photos

Photo: Terry Instone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: frangp, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Carlos Boullon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maria Kohanovskaya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Antoine Thivolle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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). About our plant data.