| Spiny Wood Fern |
 (Aka Dryopteris expansa | northern buckler-fern | spreading wood fern) A species of fern native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It often grows on rotting logs and tree stumps. Notes 1. For a complete and detailed description of this fern, click here. 2. Use: The root contains filicin, a substance that paralyses tapeworms and other internal parasites and has been used as a worm expellent. |
| Categories: ferns flora |
