Habitats where male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) grows:

Habitat NVC communities Sites
Altantic hazel wood NVC → Sites →
Atlantic oak wood NVC → Sites →
Beech wood NVC → Sites →
Bracken scrub NVC → Sites →
Brownfield NVC → Sites →
Caledonian forest NVC → Sites →
Damp fertile disturbed NVC → Sites →
Hedgerow scrub NVC → Sites →
Limestone pavement NVC → Sites →
Lowland dry oak and birch wood NVC → Sites →
Lowland mixed oak and ash wood NVC → Sites →
Mixed scrub NVC → Sites →
Montane dwarf shrub heath NVC → Sites →
Mountain ledge NVC → Sites →
Scree NVC → Sites →
Traditional orchard NVC → Sites →
Upland birch wood NVC → Sites →
Upland mixed ash wood NVC → Sites →
Wet woodland NVC → Sites →
Wood pasture NVC → Sites →