Dryopteris filix-mas
One of Britain's most familiar woodland ferns, growing in large, vase-shaped clumps in hedgebanks and woodland. It is semi-evergreen, the fronds unfurling as 'croziers' in spring. The rhizome was once used as a tapeworm remedy.
Conservation Status: LC
Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.