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Asplenium ceterach
Also called Rusty Back
Asplenium ceterach, also known as the rustyback fern, is a fern species in the spleenwort family Aspleniaceae.
Asplenium ceterach has a large Western and Central European distribution, where it is located in the countries of: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Crimea, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. The species is also native to the European island territories of: Baleares, Corsica, Crete, Sardinia and Scilly. It can also be found within the North Caucasus region and European Turkey. A. ceterach is believed to be locally extinct in Poland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asplenium ceterach by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
