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Definition of Dryopteris dilatata
1. Noun. European shield fern.
Generic synonyms: Buckler Fern, Shield Fern
Group relationships: Dryopteris, Genus Dryopteris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dryopteris Dilatata
Literary usage of Dryopteris dilatata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, Compared by Louis Agassiz, James Elliot Cabot (1850)
"... crispus P. Cystopteris fragilis B. Woodsia ilvensis R. Br. dryopteris dilatata
Gray. Higher Jura. Botrychium Lunaria /.. Summit of the Jura. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"dryopteris dilatata A. Gray, Man. 631. 1848. Scales of the stipe large, brown
with a darker centre; leaves broadly ovate or triangular-ovate, ..."
3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1908)
"dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) Gray. On Blue Mt., NY, from about 3000 feet to the
summit. This find was of particular interest to me as it was my first ..."
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