Atlas Of Ferns Of The British Isles

Atlas Of Ferns Of The British Isles Atlas Of Ferns Of The British Isles

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90 0 7 6 5 0 27.7 DRYOPTERIS CRISTATA Crested Buckler - fern 0 kdometrm MiIe 9 CHANNEL ISLANDS PLOT TED ON 0 wv UTM GRID 1 100 100 9 8 0 9 0 . 1;1) 2 1 2 co% ./7 27.7 Dryopteris cristata (L.) A.Gray 1 2 A northern continental species at one time frequent in the east of England and N.W. Midlands. Now, because of changes in land-use and increasing drainage of acid mires, it is almost restricted to East Anglia where it is locally frequent in the Norfolk Broads area, v.c. 27. Lack of regular fen cutting allows tussock growth of Molinia, Carex elata and Sphagnum spp. upon which establishment of D.cristata depends and the 3 4 9 8 N1 0 7 5 HX HW N2 ASPIDIACEAE decrease of such mowing may be encouraging this species to regain its status. There has been recently a widespread increase of acid (base-poor) plant communities (including Sphagnum Jimbriatum, S.magellanicum, S.palustre, S.squarrosum and S.subnitens) in the fens of the Norfolk Broads, the ecological reason for which is not fully understood. It is in these communities that D.cristata becomes well established. 4 6 Ct, trP 0

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27.8 Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) FI.P.Fuchs<br />

(D.lanceolatocristata (Hoffm.) Alston;<br />

D.spinulosa Watt)<br />

A northern continental species widespread in the <strong>British</strong> <strong>Isles</strong><br />

and a common fern in some wet woods of N.W. Scotland,<br />

where it often grows with D.expansa. <strong>The</strong> hybrid with the latter<br />

species has not so far been found in Britain and should be<br />

searched for in such mixed populations; it has the upright<br />

rhizome of D.expansa but with an intermediate frond (shape,<br />

cutting and marginal teeth): It is however extremely difficult<br />

to distinguish from D. x deweveri without cytological<br />

con firmation.<br />

2<br />

1

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