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Irish spleenwort
Asplenium onopteris
The shape of a frond
A close-up reveals the finely divided frond. In the source, the community identification is Asplenium onopteris.
Get to know the species
- What it looks like
- A fern with evergreen, glossy dark-green fronds, finely divided and broadly triangular in shape.
- Habitats
- Woods, scrub, rock crevices and walls, especially in damp, shady places.
- A closer look
- On the underside of the fronds are sori, structures involved in producing spores. Ferns reproduce without flowers.
- A sense of scale
- The fronds can measure 10 to 50 centimetres. The stalk supporting the divided blade is very dark and can be as long as the blade itself, or longer.
- Beyond the municipality
- The species occurs in the Mediterranean region, parts of western and central Europe, and Macaronesia except Cape Verde. In Portugal, it also occurs in the Azores and Madeira.
General information about the species; it does not describe the exact conditions of the local observation.
University of Évora — Virtual Museum of BiodiversityAccessed: .
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Community identification with degree of research in consultation with . Published point crossed with municipality limits; without independent confirmation in field.
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