Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Grassland Fern

Dryopteris athamantica

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document Features
Ferns of the Witwatersrand
Dec. 17, 2025, 7:08 a.m.
  • Medicinal
  • Rocky habitat
  • Shade
  • Semi-shade

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

  • (c) Troos van der Merwe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Troos van der Merwe source
  • (c) Troos van der Merwe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Troos van der Merwe source
  • (c) Marco Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Marco Schmidt source
  • (c) Troos van der Merwe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Troos van der Merwe source
  • (c) Linda Loffler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Linda Loffler source
  • (c) Troos van der Merwe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Troos van der Merwe source
  • (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
  • (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
  • (c) Marco Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Marco Schmidt source

Sources and references

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