Ferns List
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Ferns List
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Spleenwort Family [Aspleniaceae] 
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| June 2013, Bavaria. | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
| Smaller than the otherwise very similar Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes). |
| June 2013, Bavaria. | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
| Leaflets more distinct than Maidenhair Spleenwort. |
| June 2013, Bavaria. | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
| The most distinguishing difference from Maidenhair Spleenwort is that the mid-rib supporting the leaflets is a concolorous green rather than brown to blackish. In fact, the leaf-stalks, mid-rib and the upper part of the main stalk is green. The individual leaflets (pinnae) are also differ in shape and form from those of Maidenhair Spleenwort. |
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Easily mistaken for : Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes) - see captions for differences. It is more often found in the west or the north of the UK in damp places on walls, rocks, upland rock-crevices and on basic rocks (usually limestone) in Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacoms, the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria and in Scotland.
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 Asplenium
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Aspleniaceae
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 Asplenium (Spleenworts) |
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Spleenwort Family [Aspleniaceae]
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