hard fern

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noun

US name: deer fern. a common tufted erect fern of the polypody family, Blechnum spicant, having dark-green lanceolate leaves: it prefers acid soils, and in the US is sometimes grown as deer feed

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Among the ferns was a variety called Blechnum spicant, also known as a hard fern or deer fern.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023

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