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Carl Farmer |
Infrequent beside burns and lochs or on cliff ledges. Picture on left shows typical habitat, but sometimes found out in the open. Pinnules 2-6.5 cm, leaves 30-300 cm ID: Fronds bi-pinnate but with the pinnules only very shallowly toothed or lobed. Can sometimes look like a rowan seedling at first glance. Other features: Mature plant has tall brown spikes of thin pinnules covered with spores, at the top of the central fronds, and all-green sterile fronds around the outside of the tuft. No pics of spore-bearing spikes yet. |
