Hymenophyllum wilsonii

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| name = Wilson's filmy-fern

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| genus = Hymenophyllum

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Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the Wilson's filmy-fern,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is a small, fragile, perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes.

Distribution

Confined to western Europe (Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain and The Faeroes) and Macaronesia.

Gallery

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|File:Hymenophyllum_wilsonii_RT0.jpg|Detail of Hymenophyllum wilsonii fronds. Indusia are present.

|File:Hymenophyllum_wilsonii_RT1.jpg|Hymenophyllum wilsonii colony.

|File:Hymenophyllum_wilsonii_RT2.jpg|Hymenophyllum wilsonii habitat. Near Kendal, Cumbria, England.

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References

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Further reading

  • Page, C.N. (1997). The ferns of Britain and Ireland. 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
  • Proctor, M.C.F. (2003). Comparative Ecophysiological Measurements on the Light Responses, Water Relations and Desiccation Tolerance of the Filmy Ferns Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. and H. tunbrigense (L.) Smith Ann Bot 91 (6).
  • Richards, P.W., Evans, G.B. (1972). Biological Flora of the British Isles. No. 126. Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Sm. (pp. 245–258), Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hooker (258–268). Journal of Ecology 60.