Cyrtomium fortunei var. clivicola("Yamayabusotetsu")
Japanese name: ヤマヤブソテツ（山藪蘇鉄） Scientific name:Cyrtomium fortunei var. clivicola
[Overview]
An evergreen fern seen in the mountains.
It has a rhizome.
The fronds are oblong and odd-pinnately compound, with 10–15 pairs of lateral pinnae.
The lateral pinnae are large, sickle-shaped and broadly elliptic, up to 4 cm wide, pale green with little gloss, and have an ear-like projection at the base.
The upper part of the pinnae is serrate.
The lateral pinnae have short stalks.
The sori are round and cover the whole underside of the frond, but are more numerous near the edge.
The indusium is grayish white.
The stipe is 10–30 cm long and densely covered with blackish brown scales at the base.
