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.