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Cystopteris fragilis
Also called Brittle bladder fern, Bladder fern, Brittle fern, Fragile fern, Fragile Bladder Fern, Northern Fragile Fern, Common Fragile Fern
Cystopteris fragilis is a species of perennial fern known by the common names brittle bladder-fern and common fragile fern. It can be found worldwide, generally in shady, moist areas.
The plant, native to for example Finland, grows in places fit for its brittle structure: usually shady and slightly moist areas, in the cracks and ledges of vertical rock faces, blockfields and sometimes on even cliff surfaces as well. It avoids the more most acidic and barren cliffs and prefers especially slightly lime rich soil.
Bladder Fern · Alpine Bladder Fern · Bulblet bladderfern · Cystopteris chinensis · Greenish Bladder Fern · Dickie's Bladder-fern · St. Lawrence bladderfern · Mountain bladderfern · Lowland bladderfern · Bladderfern · Tennessee bladderfern · Upland brittle bladderfern
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cystopteris fragilis 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.
