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Scented oakfern

Gymnocarpium robertianum

Also called Limestone fern, Scented oak fern, Limestone Polypody, Robert's Oak Fern, Limestone Oak Fern, Limestone Oakfern, Northern Oak Fern

Scented oakfern
Photo: Wolffia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cystopteridaceae (Cystopterid family)
Grows as
Fern
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Temp. Northern Hemisphere
Climate
temperate

About

Gymnocarpium robertianum, the limestone fern or scented oakfern, is a fern of the family Cystopteridaceae.

Where it grows

Gymnocarpium robertianum is a circumboreal species with populations in Europe, North America and the Caucasus Mountains.

Other Gymnocarpium plants

Pacific oakfern · Western oakfern · Gymnocarpium oyamense · Oak Fern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnocarpium robertianum 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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