Botany, Antique Print, Chromolithograph, Dytopteris phegopteris, Long Beech Fern, Lindman

Antique colored lithograph (chromolithograph) after Swedish botanist and botanial artist Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856-1928) for his folio "Bilder ur nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora). He was inspired by military botanical artist Johan Wilhelm Palmstuch who embarked on a scientific project to produce a series of impressive copper engravings, 1802–1819."Svensk Botanik" (Swedish Botany) was the first of its kind in Sweden.

The botanical is and example of a pinnate-pinnatfid structure with two fronds, the smaller one to the right attached to the rhizome (roots). To the left we see a detailed section a singe pinnae and the circular pattern of sporangia that hold the fern spores.Note the peculiar downward pointing pinnae at the base.

Published Stockholm by Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1901-1905.

Condition = Very Good with no discoloration/tears only a few paper dents on the right edge (when framed the mat will cover these)

Page size = 16.5 x 24.2 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch)

Dryopteris phegopteris (Long Beech Fern)

The identifying feature of this fern is its deeply-cut, triangular frond. The mature frond have the distinctive feature of the base pinnae on each side pointing downward. The habitat are forests of North America and Eurasia