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| 16th Sept 2009, Arnside, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Seaside location under wet over-hanging rocks and sheltered from direct sea spray. |
| 16th Sept 2009, Arnside, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Thin wiry brown stem connects a tapered collection of fan-shaped separated leaflets. |
| 16th Sept 2009, Arnside, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Likes a moist location. Last years leaves are whitish, older leaves greyish, and newer leaflets greener. |
| 16th Sept 2009, Arnside, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| A single leaflet is fan-shaped, in several partial segments, and has radial veins. The tips bulge slightly to accommodate the sori underneath. |
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Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature : The fan-shaped leaflets, drooping downwards.
No relation to : There are a few garden varieties and one other native variety (Adiantum raddianum) of 'Maidenhair Fern' that do not resemble this plant, although they may indeed be of the same Genus, Adiantum. There are 200 species of Genus Adiantum, which obtains the name from the Greek due to the plants ability to shun becoming wetted by water, even though it grows in moist places. A rather rare plant in the UK in the wild, since it's only habitat seems to be limestone rocks by the sea, in particular favouring dripping wet tufa rock. However, some species of Maidenhair Fern are popular as an indoor house plant. The sori are underneath at the tips of the leaflets. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
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