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Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes)
Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
Oreopteris limbosperma  •  Lemon-scented Fern
Oreopteris limbosperma (Bellardi ex All.) J.Holub.; Thelypteris limbosperma (Bellardi ex All.) H.P.Fuchs; T. oreopteris (Ehrh.) Slosson; Lemon-scented Fern; Mountain Fern
Lemon-scented Fern. West Scotland (Argyll), early August
Single frond. West Scotland, early July Individual fronds, immature. Cultivated material, June
Mid section of mature frond. West Scotland, early July Pinnules. West Scotland, early July
Part of immature frond. Hampshire, early July Lower section of immature frond showing scales. Cultivated material, June
Pinna with immature sori. Hampshire, early July Pinnae showing sori: mature (below) and with dehisced sporangia, ie having shed their spores (above). Cultivated material, September
Pinnules with immature sori. Hampshire, early July Pinnules with immature sori. West Scotland, early July
Pinnules with immature sori. Hampshire, early July Pinnules with mature sori. Cultivated material, September
Mature sori showing sporangia. Cultivated material, September Pinnules showing sori with dehisced sporangia. Cultivated material, September
Cumbria, early July West Scotland, early July
Cumbria, late July Cumbria, early July
West Scotland, early July Cumbria, late July
West Scotland, early August West Scotland, early August
West Scotland, early August Fellside, with Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken) and Dryopteris affinis ssp. cambrensis (Narrow Scaly Male Fern). Cumbria, early July
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