Polypodium cambricum (lat.) - a species of grassy ferns of the family Centipede ( Polypodiaceae ).
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Polypodium cambricum L. , 1753 |
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Polypodium australe |
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Fern terrestrial, with a height of 20 to 60 cm, with cirrus leaves. Leaves are ovoid, oval or round triangular in shape. From 9 to 22 leaves of the second order are oval or oblong, pointed, the edge is finely serrated. Leaves die in the spring, new leaves form in the fall. Soruses (spore clusters) are oblong-elliptical, lying between the middle vein and the edge of the leaf. In winter, soruses turn yellow.
The species is common in Africa (Algeria), Asia (Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria,; Turkey), in the Caucasus (Georgia), in Europe (Ireland, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Ukraine, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, France, Portugal, Gibraltar, Spain). It grows on neutral and calcareous soil in the shade of, for example, forest limestone cliffs and screes, sometimes willows and stumps.
