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Carl Farmer |
Occasional in stony ground on hills and in short grass on dry ground at lower altitudes. Green sterile leaf-blade c 2-5 cm. Brown fertile spike c 1-5 cm ID: Unmistakable. Each frond consistsof a sterile green blade which is pinnately divided into c 3-8 pairs of roundish leaflets, and a fertile spike with reduced pinnae that when ripe are completely covered with brown spore cases. Other features: Above ground parts die away completely in winter. Mountain forms can be extremely small, those on road verges are much larger. |
