Hymenophyllum wilsonii

Species of fern

Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the Wilson's filmy-fern,^[1] is a small, fragile, perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes.

Distribution

Confined to western Europe (Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain and The Faeroes) and Macaronesia.

Gallery

• 
  Detail of Hymenophyllum wilsonii fronds. Indusia are present.
• 
  Hymenophyllum wilsonii colony.
• 
  Hymenophyllum wilsonii habitat. Near Kendal, Cumbria, England.

References

1. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

Further reading

• Page, C.N. (1997). The ferns of Britain and Ireland. 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
• Proctor, M.C.F. (2003). Comparative Ecophysiological Measurements on the Light Responses, Water Relations and Desiccation Tolerance of the Filmy Ferns Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. and H. tunbrigense (L.) Smith Ann Bot 91 (6).
• Richards, P.W., Evans, G.B. (1972). Biological Flora of the British Isles. No. 126. Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Sm. (pp. 245–258), Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hooker (258–268). Journal of Ecology 60.

External links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Data Portal: Hymenophyllum wilsonii
• Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora