Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

Taxonomy: Fam. Aspleniaceae// Genus: Asplenium// Species: Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1985).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Northwest Africa, Europe to Siberia and Mongolia; Turkey and Caucasus and Iran; West and West Central U.S.A. according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Garden, Kew).

Habitat: Shaded and moist places – river gorges, forests.

Athyrium filix-femina – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – leaf segments. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – leaf segments. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – leaf segments. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – leaf segments. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – adaxial side of leaf segments with sori. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – adaxial side of leaf segments with sori. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – adaxial side of leaf segments with sori. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – leaf petioles and plant base. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Athyrium filix-femina – leaf petioles. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=37&PTRefFk=7500000 [Accessed 18.12.2021].

Micevski, K. (1985). The Flora of SR Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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