Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) rachis and pinnae spirally wound - circinate vernation before uncurling to form a bipinnate leaf in spring, May

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Keywords: berkshire, circinate, crozier, croziers, curl, curled, dryopteridaceae, dryopteris, england, fern, filix-mas, frond, growth, leaf, leaves, male, pinnae, plant, polypodiophyta, rachis, spiral, spirally, spring, tight, uk, vernation, wound