Gary Fewless
Key to the Ferns
| 61. Glandular hairs usually dense on the various
axes; blades long tapering to the tip; bulblets often present on rachis
of mature fronds; stipe conspicuously red in the earliest leaves. |
Cystopteris bulbifera |
| 61. Glandular hairs sparse; blade more abruptly tapered at the tip; bulblets seldom present; stipe not red in earliest fronds. The following pair of species is difficult to distinguish and both are uncommon. | 62 |
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