Asplenium trichomanes

subsp.pachyrachis

?? Maiden Hair Spleenwort
  • Very close to Aspl. trichom. subsp. quadrivalens
  • Leaves from 5 to 10 cm tall, flat tufts tightly fitted to the wall
  • Stem and rachis winding, brown
  • Ovate pinnae overlapping, toothed margins, dark green

ASPLENIACEAE

genus Asplenium

 

  • Growth in spring, fructification in summer, leaves disappearing the next spring
  • Limestone boulders, overhanged cliffs, up to an altitude of about 1200 m
  • Relatively common in the central Vercors. To be searched for elsewhere