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Greenish Bladder Fern

Cystopteris diaphana

Also called Diaphanous Bladder Fern

Greenish Bladder Fern
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Cystopteridaceae (Cystopterid family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
Africa, W. & S. Europe to Siberia and Nepal, C. America to N. Argentina, Caribbe
Climate
temperate

About

Cystopteris diaphana, the greenish bladder-fern or diaphanous bladder-fern, is a fern in the family Cystopteridaceae.

Other Cystopteris plants

Bladder Fern · Alpine Bladder Fern · Bulblet bladderfern · Cystopteris chinensis · Dickie's Bladder-fern · Brittle bladderfern · St. Lawrence bladderfern · Mountain bladderfern · Lowland bladderfern · Bladderfern · Tennessee bladderfern · Upland brittle bladderfern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cystopteris diaphana 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.

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