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Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina: Native Newman's lady-fern Athyrium flexile: Native Dickie's bladder-fern Cystopteris dickieana: Native Brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis: Native Mountain bladder-fern Cystopteris montana: Native Oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris: Native Limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianum: Native Ostrich fern ...
The flora of Great Britain and Ireland is one of the best documented in the world. There are 1390 native species and over 1100 well-established non-natives documented on the islands.
Below are lists of extant fern families and subfamilies using the classification scheme proposed by the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group in 2016 (PPG I). [1] The scheme is based on molecular phylogenetic studies, and also draws on earlier classifications, [1] particularly those by Smith et al. (2006), [2] Chase and Reveal (2009), [3] and Christenhusz et al. (2011). [4]
Vandenboschia speciosa, synonym Trichomanes speciosum, [2] commonly known as the Killarney fern, [3] is a species of fern found widely in Western Europe.It is most abundant in Ireland, Great Britain, Brittany, Galicia, Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores, but is also found in other locations including France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. [4]
The text was a scientific description of all the varieties of ferns found in the British Isles. The author of this work was the botanist Thomas Moore , the editor was John Lindley . The book was released at a time of so-called " pteridomania " in Britain. [ 1 ]
Taxonomic recommendations for British birds (both in PDF format). The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and RSPB A to Z of UK Birds; Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists – Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306–323; British Trust for Ornithology surveys
Osmunda regalis, or royal fern, [2] is a species of deciduous fern, native to Europe, Africa and Asia, growing in woodland bogs and on the banks of streams. The species is sometimes known as flowering fern due to the appearance of its fertile fronds. [citation needed] Royal fern swamp at Lagune de Contaut, Hourtin, France
Bracken (Pteridium) is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae. Ferns (Pteridophyta) are vascular plants that have alternating generations, large plants that produce spores and small plants that produce sex cells (eggs and sperm). Brackens are noted for their large, highly divided leaves.