Manton''s Polypody Polypodium x mantonii
Rustyback Asplenium ceterach
Whilst out Snowdrop hunting for the @bsbibotany.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social Flora of Cumbria Recording Group, we found some lovely patches of Manton''s Polypody, Polypodium x mantonii, & a large stand of Rustyback, Asplenium ceterach. Underbarrow, #Cumbria
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Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, Black Spleenwort
After the excitement of the #NewYearPlantHumt I've barely had a minute to look for plants this week. Nothing in flower of note but this thriving patch of Black Spleenwort brightened up a very wet, grey day in the Forest of #Bowland today.
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Dryopteris cambrensis
Dryopteris cambrensis, indusia variable in thickness
Dryopteris affinis subspecies affinis
Dryopteris affinis subspecies affinis, thickened indusia
#Ferns really add interest to #winter #woodland walks when there is so little in the way of flowering plants.
Narrow Male-fern (Dryopteris cambrensis) & Scaly Male-fern (D. affinis ssp affinis) at Witherslack Woods.
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The early morning sun rising over the Grey Corries mountain range picks out a clump of May-green coloured Alpine Lady's-fern (Athyrium distentifolium), its shuttlecock of fronds erect with a little downturn at the tip. Each frond is delicate and dissected, and on this plant the pinnules are down-turned at the edges. Behind, large blocks of pale quartzite dot the steep slope, turning to scree and crags as the corrie rises to the ridge crest. The sun is just topping the ridge, making an optical illusion as if shining through a semi-circular hole in the ridge, and its refraction on the camera lens forms a faint rainbow above the fern
Looking down on a clump of Alpine Lady-fern, growing out of Woolly Fringe-moss (Racomitrium lanuginosum) at the base of a quartzite cliff. The elegant fronds are spreading, showing off their delicate dissection and yellow-green colour against the greys of the rock and moss.
Finally, a fern! Day 10 of my botanical #adventcalendar is the delicate Alpine Lady-fern, a species of Scottish mountains that grows where the snow lies late, consequently declining linked to changing climate
I find the pattern of its fronds very restful, almost hypnotic to look at... #wildfernhour
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
A luxuriant patch of Black Spleenwort growing on a limestone wall in Silverdale.
Wonderful botanical name - Asplenium adiantum-nigrum. A somewhat scarce species locally these days.
#WildFernHour ahead of tonight's #wildflowerhour
Hard Fern, Blechnum spicant is very common in the Lake District but as a calcifugous species you don't often see it on limestone habitats.
Found this nice specimen with both frond types in a limestone woodland at The Howe, Whitbarrow today.
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Cystopteris fragilis
Cystopteris fragilis
I find it hard to pick a favourite native #Fern species. It so often turns out to be the one that I'm looking at any given time. And so here's another firm favourite. Cystopteris fragilis, Brittle Bladder-fern.
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Dryopteris cambrensis
Dryopteris cambrensis
Dryopteris cambrensis
More Fern magic from #Haweswater in the #LakeDistrict One of the more distinctive taxa of the wider Dryopteris affinis complex. Now with full species status. It forms large, untidy clumps & the indusia can be highly variable.
Narrow Male-fern, Dryopteris cambrensis
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The Dryopteris affinis agg are a confusing bunch with taxa likely to continue to change. I'm pretty sure this is ssp paleaceolobata which will be new for hectad NY41 if confirmed. Cumbria is something of a hotspot for this taxon.
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Cryptogramma crispa
Cryptogramma crispa
Parsley Fern is a very common species in the #LakeDistrict, even growing on roadside rocks and walls. A real upland specialist & much scarcer in some other UK areas. It has 2 distinct frond types. One of my favourite botanical names - Cryptogramma crispa. Wonderful 💚
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Borrer's Male-fern, Dryopteris borreri can be a most attractive #woodland #fern
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Osmunda regalis, North Walney NNR.
Osmunda regalis, North Walney NNR.
Osmunda regalis, North Walney NNR.
A random Tuesday #WildFernHour #WildFlowerHour because, why not? Magnificent Royal Ferns, Osmunda regalis at North Walney NNR. From the
Flora of #Cumbria Recording Group visit last week.
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Oreopteris limbosperma
Dryopteris cambrensis
Dryopteris affinis subsp. paleaceolobata
I haven't done a #WildFernHour - #WildFlowerHour equivalent for a few weeks & so here are Lemon-scented Fern, Oreopteris limbosperma, Narrow Scaly Male-fern, Dryopteris cambrensis & (I think) Golden Scaly Male-fern, D. affinis subsp. paleaceolobata. Lake District, #Cumbria
Gymnocarpium robertianum. Hutton Roof Crags.
Dryopteris submontana. Hutton Roof Crags.
Tripping over masses of fresh fronds of Gymnocarpium robertianum, Limestone Fern & Dryopteris submontana, Rigid Buckler-fern on Hutton Roof Crags today. Both, nationally scarce limestone specialists. Lovely to see both in such abundance.
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Rigid Buckler-fern is now starting to appear. A Nationally Scarce, liimestone specialist. The minute glands (key ID feature) can clearly be seen in the close-up 📷.
Clawthorpe Fell, #Cumbria
