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Asplenium fontanum
Also called Fountain Spleenwort
Asplenium fontanum, commonly known as fountain spleenwort or smooth rock spleenwort, is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, native to rocky areas in Western Europe.
This species grows in Western Europe, occurring mainly in the mountains of Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. It is a rupicolous (rock-dwelling) species growing in cracks and fissures in limestone crags in cool and shady positions. It prefers relatively high mountain areas, but also occurs at lower elevations on north-facing rocks or under overhangs. Its altitudinal range is 300 to 2,400 m (1,000 to 8,000 ft). In the nineteenth century it was reported as growing in the British Isles, with records from Amersham churchyard, from beside a waterfall in Westmorland or Northumberland and on the castle walls at Alnwick; the fern does not grow in Britain any longer.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asplenium fontanum 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.
