Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

Taxonomy: Fam. Athyriaceae// Genus: Athyrium// Species: Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1985) and Jermy in Tutin et al. (1964).

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 and in open habitats- subalpine pastures on the edges of streams and rivers, as parts of the Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities, from c. 800 up to 1800 m altitude.

*Athyrium filix-femina* – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 29.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Athyrium filix-femina* – habit. 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. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30055316-2 [Accessed 18.12.2021].

Athyrium Roth. Jermy, A.C. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.18.

Athyrium Roth. Micevski, K. (1985). The Flora of SR Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 61 – 63.

Last update: 27.12.2025.

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