Narrow Buckler Fern

Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs is a member of the Dryopteridaceae family and is native to Labrador, Newfoundland, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, as well as Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Flanders. It is commonly referred to as Narrow Buckler Fern in English and is known as spinulose woodfern in North America. This fern was first published in 1959 and is typically found in moist, forested environments.