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Botanical details
- Family
- Woodsiaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Cystopteris
- Genus description
A diverse genus of rhizomatous, perennial ferns known as bladderferns or fragile ferns. Their appearance can vary greatly across species making it hard to identify them, but they generally have green, pinnate foliage and rounded, inflated spores (sori)
- Name status
Correct
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