Ferns List |
Parsley Fern Family [Cryptogrammaceae] |
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barren and fertile fronds
13th June 2014, High House Hut, Seathwaite, Borrowdale. | Photo: © RWD |
Both barren and female forms intermingled. |
13th June 2014, High House Hut, Seathwaite, Borrowdale. | Photo: © RWD |
The female (fertile) fronds are thinner than the barren fronds. |
14th June 2013, Cwm Idwal, North Wales. | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
Fertile (thinner) and sterile (barren) fronds together. |
19th May 2006, In wall, High Tilberthwaite, Nr Coniston. | Photo: © RWD |
Barren Fronds are thinner than barren ones mainly because they are curved over underneath. |
19th May 2006, In wall, High Tilberthwaite, Nr Coniston. | Photo: © RWD |
Barren Fronds |
19th May 2006, In wall, High Tilberthwaite, Nr Coniston. | Photo: © RWD |
Barren Fronds |
19th May 2006, In wall, High Tilberthwaite, Nr Coniston. | Photo: © RWD |
Barren Fronds |
8th June 2007, Sticks Pass, Greenside Mines, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Barren Fronds |
11th June 2004, Kirk Stone, Kirkstone Pass. | Photo: © RWD |
Fertile Fronds |
11th June 2004, Kirk Stone, Kirkstone Pass. | Photo: © RWD |
Fertile Fronds |
11th June 2004, Kirk Stone, Kirkstone Pass. | Photo: © RWD |
Fertile Fronds |
8th June 2007, Sticks Pass, Greenside Mines, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Fertile Fronds |
10th July 2009, Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Fertile fronds & barren fronds side by side showing the colour and shape differences. They can also differ in their pinnateness, the former tending to be +1 pinnate higher. |
7th June 2013, Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Fertile Fronds - the obverse. The spores form inside the curled-up edges. |
1st Nov 2013, Tilberthwaite, Little Langdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Fertile Fronds - obverse. The sporangia are yellow and mature around mid-summer. |
Slight resemblance to : Wall-rue from afar. Was previously in the Maidenhair Family Family [Adiantaceae] but has now been placed in the Cryptogrammaceae Family, which itself is within the Pteridaceae Family. It grows mainly in the west of the UK on acidic rocks where the snow can lie until late in the year such as on the sides of granite drystone walls in Cumbria, cliffs, and as a pioneering species on stable scree-slopes and sometimes old mine tailings as long as they are acidic. The sterile leaves are 2-3 pinnate whereas the fertile fronds are 3-4 pinnate [with 'pinnateness' referring to the number of recursions (aka branches of branches) of the leaflets].
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Cryptogramma | crispa | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Cryptogrammaceae/Pteridaceae |
Cryptogramma (Parsley Fern) |
Parsley Fern Family [Cryptogrammaceae] |