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§1 Plant
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott
vernacular male fern — species · Dryopteridaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae Herter
- Genus
- Dryopteris
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 92 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 92 counties across 16 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DRFI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5275132 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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