Description: English: Location taken: Merrifield Garden Center, Merrifield VA USA. Names: Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenk. & Jermy, Alpine Buckler Fern, Arching Wood Fern, Broad Buckler Fern, broad spinulose shield fern, Crested Wood Fern, Dryoptère Dressée, dryoptère dressée, dryoptéris élargi, dryoptéris étalé, Feingliedriger Dornfarn, Hegyi pajzsika,Isoalvejuuri, Kapraď podobná, Nordbräken, northern buckler fern, Northern Spreading Wood Fern, Northern Wood Fern, Sauetelg, Spiny Wood, spiny wood fern, Spreading Wood Fern, Spreading Woodfern, Щитовник распростёрты Classification: Plantae > Pteridophyta > Polypodiopsida > Polypodiales > Dryopteridaceae > Dryopteris > Dryopteris expansa. Date: 27 March 2006. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.