Parque Nacional Garajonay

Canary Islands Wood fern (Dryopteris oligodonta)

A fern of the family of the Aspidiaceae, it presents leaves of up to 1.5 metres in length, which can be from bi-pinnate to quadri-pinnate, and which are very divided.  The rhizome is short, thick and scaly. It is very typical of the undergrowth of the laurisilva. It is more or less indifferent to the moisture of the soil and it is more resistant than other species of ferns.