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Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffm.) Newman

limestone fern (Cystopteridaceae)

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Gymnocarpium robertianum grows in areas of limestone scree in eastern Wales and western England, from Somerset to Cumbria.

Dolomites, Italy; 2012-07-07

 limestone fern / Gymnocarpium robertianum: _Gymnocarpium robertianum_ grows in areas of limestone scree in eastern Wales and western England, from Somerset to Cumbria.

The leaves of Gymnocarpium robertianum are glandular-hairy; the sori have no indusium and are borne towards the distal edge of each leaf-lobe.

Cleeve Hill (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2019-08-29

 limestone fern / Gymnocarpium robertianum: The leaves of _Gymnocarpium robertianum_ are glandular-hairy; the sori have no indusium and are borne towards the distal edge of each leaf-lobe.

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