Fern for id from Chakrata area- 020826jm2

[J.M. Garg]

Clicked on 30.3.26 on way to Budher cave (9200 ft.) from Chakrata (7000 ft.) area, Uttarakhand.

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With regards,
J.M.Garg, 
https://efloraofindia.com/

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Chris ji

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From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins 
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 at 18:26
Subject: Re: Fern for id from Chakrata area- 020826jm2
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

I wonder if the "clicker" of hasty photographs knows that to identify ferns one usually needs to show the base of the lamina, say the lowest 5 or 6 pairs of pinnae if it is a fern like this, top surface. and in the same photo showing the stipe complete with its scales?  Sori can be shown in a different photograph.

Photography involves taking some care to show the right parts, definitely not just "clicking".

This is Polystichum piceopaleaceum.

Chris F.-J.