Shield ferns
Plant
Polystichum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Dryopteridoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016. The genus has about 500 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Polystichum
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Genus: Polystichum; Roth
Kingdom: Plantae
Lower classifications