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Ferns (including Club-mosses and Quillworts)

Adiantaceae (Maidenhair family)
Adiantum capillus-veneris - Maidenhair Fern     
colony     habitat
Lime kilns. Cotehele Quay, nr. Calstock, Cornwall.
11.07.06 (Public Location)

Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family)
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum - Black Spleenwort **
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth.
08.07.04 (Public Location) SX 448 608

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum - Black Spleenwort **
Weir Quay, nr. Bere Alston, Devon. 02.08.04 (Public Location)

Asplenium marinum - Sea Spleenwort     sori     fern in rock crevice     habitat
Lizard Coastline (Lizard Point - Caethillian) and Landewednack Church, nr. Church Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall. 10.06.06 (Public Locations)

Asplenium obovatum - Lanceolate Spleenwort     plant
Rock crevices. Bolberry Down, nr. Salcombe, Devon. 10.06.07 (Public Location)

Asplenium ruta-muritania - Wall Rue
Viaduct, Plym Cycleway, Shaugh Prior Section. 24.08.04 (Public Location)

Asplenium trichomanes - Maidenhair Spleenwort
Maristow, Nr. Plymouth. 06.07.04 (Public Location) SX 471 640

Ceterach officinarum - Rustyback Fern     frond upperside     frond underside
Low wall on southern shore. Lerryn, nr. Lostwithiel, Cornwall. 17.07.06 (Public Location)

Phyllitis scolopendrium - Hart's Tongue Fern     upperside     underside
Saltram House Estate NT, Plymouth. 03.08.04 (Public Location)


Azollaceae (Water Fern family)
Azolla filiculoides - Water Fern (Alien)     contaminated watercourse
Drainage ditch. Braunton Burrows Biosphere Reserve, Braunton, Devon.
08.07.05 (Public Location)


Blechnaceae (Hard-fern family)
Blechnum spicant - Hard Fern **
Cadover Bridge, Dartmoor Nation Park, Devon. 01.07.04 (Public Location)

Blechnum spicant - Hard Fern
Kitt Hill, nr. Callington, Cornwall. 21.08.04 (Public Location)


Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken family)
Pteridium aquilinum - Bracken     crozier     plant
Forder Valley Nature Reserve, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 03.05.06 (Public Location)


Dryopteridaceae (Buckler-fern family)
Dryopteris aemula - Hay-scented Buckler-fern
Woodland. Stara Wood, North Hill, nr. Launceston, Cornwall.
25.06.05 (Private Location)

Dryopteris affinis - Scaly Male-fern     frond     leaf blade underside close-up   
pinnae     sori     scales     dark blotch where pinnae join the rachis
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
09.07.06 (Public Location)


Dryopteris dilatata - Broad Buckler-fern     
frond     pinnae     sori     scales     scale     blade close-up
Lower Merripit, nr. Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
02.07.06 (Public Footpath)

Dryopteris filix-mas - Male-fern     pinnae upperside     sori     scales     plant
Wooded lane. Near Cargreen, South-east Cornwall. 01.06.08 (Public Location)

Polystichum aculeatum - Hard Shield-fern     
pinnae under     sori     scales     plant1     plant2

Lane north of Ridge Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
30.12.07 (Public Location) SX 54625 55230

Polystichum munitum - Western Sword-fern (Alien)     close-up -1     close-up -2
Hedgerow. Tywardraeth, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall. 17.07.06 (Public Location)

Polystichum setiferum - Soft Shield-fern     
rachis axil      pinnae     sori     scales     scale
Woodland. Stara Wood, North Hill, nr. Launceston, Cornwall.
25.06.05 (Private Location)

Polystichum x bicknellii (Polystichum setiferum x aculeatum) - Hybrid Shield-fern
pinnae     pinnae underside     scales     scales close-up     plant
Lane north of Ridge Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
30.12.07 (Public Location) SX 54625 55230


Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy-fern family) 
Hymenophyllum tunbrigense - Tunbridge Filmy-fern     colony     habitat
On mossy north facing rocks near water. Shaugh Bridge, Shaugh Prior, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 24.04.06 (Public Location) SX 534 636

Hymenophyllum wilsonii - Wilson's Filmy-fern     close-up     colony     habitat
In crevice between rocks. Sharpitor, nr. Dousland, Yelverton, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. 23.04.06 (Public Location) SX 559 703


Ophioglossaceae (Adder's-tongue family)   
Ophioglossum azoricum - Small Adder's Tongue     close-up     plants     habitat
Greenland Lake. Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, Dawlish Warren, Devon.
26.05.06 (Public Location)

Ophioglossom vulgatum - Adder's Tongue -1    close-up    non-fruiting plant    habitat
Wet coastal grassland. Blackstone Point, nr. Noss Mayo, Devon.
21.05.06 (Public Location)

Ophioglossom vulgatum - Adder's Tongue -2     close-up
Wet flush near Visitor Centre. Dawlish Warren NNReserve, Dawlish Warren, Devon.
26.05.06 (Public Location)


Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family)
Osmunda regalis - Royal Fern -1     fruiting body     leaf
Wet woodland. Eggworthy, Sampford Spiney, nr. Walkhampton, Devon. 03.06.06

Osmunda regalis - Royal Fern -2     fruiting body     leaf     ferns     habitat
Open ditch. Main Dale, National Nature Reserve, nr. Coverack, Lizard Peninsula,
Cornwall. 03.06.06 (Public Location)


Polypodiaceae (Polypody family)
Polypodium vulgare - Common Polypody
Warren Point, Brixton, nr. Plymouth. 17.07.04 (Public Location) SX 556 507

Polypodium cambricum - Southern Polypody     frond underside     sori
Limestone wall. Radford Park, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon. 04.10.05 (Public Location)

Polypodium interjectum - Intermediate Polypody     plants
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish Warren, Devon. 23.06.06 (Public Location)

Polypodium vulgare - Common Polypody
Saltram House Estate NT. Plymouth. 03.08.04 (Public Location)


Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern Family)
Oreopteris limbosperma - Lemon-scented Fern     
frond     frond underside close-up     habitat
Pizwell Bridge, nr. Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
02.07.06 (Public Footpath)


Woodsiaceae (Lady-fern family)
Athyrium filix-foemina - Lady Fern      frond     sori
Co-op Trail, Estover - Derriford. 02.05.04 (Public Location) SX 499 592 - SX 498 593


Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern (Alien) - fertile leaf     
sterile leaf above     sterile leaf below
Relic of Cultivation. West of Whitleigh Wood, Plymouth, Devon.
25.09.06 (Public Location)


Club Mosses
Lycopodiella inundata - Marsh Club-moss     close-up     colony     habitat
Smallhanger Waste, nr. Sparkwell, Devon. 07.07.06 (Public Location) SX5766059612

Quillworts
Isoetes echinospora - Spring Quillwort     habitat     
sporangia     four-chambered air canals     plant washed-up     plants washed-up
Smallhanger Waste, nr. Sparkwell, Devon. 07.07.06 (Public Location) SX5737459411


** - Identification by Chris Yeates


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