Magnoliophyta

PLANTS OF THE CAUCASUS (GEORGIA)
DRYOPTERIDACEAE
Polystichum braunii (Spenn.) Fée
det. M. Khutsishvili
The Republic of Georgia. Borjomi district. Bakuriani; near
the country road of Tsikhisdjvari-Kodiana, ca. 41°42'98 N,
43°25'77 E, ca. 1730 m. (coordinates from hand-held GPS,
accurate to within a radius of about 50 m). Deciduous forest;
Alnetum; Pyrus caucasica, Alnus barbata, Dryopteris
carthusiana, Dryopteris filix-max.
Plant up to 80 cm. Frond lanceolate, petiole 2-15 cm, main
rachis densely clothed with brown lanceolate scales: Lamina
lanceolate, 2 pinnate, pinnules up to 40 on each side, rather
rectangular, softly hairy above, sessile to subsessile, margin
serrate.
Manana Khutsishvili 112	01 September 2006
M.Chiboshvili
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in Collaboration with
N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences
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