Trichomanes speciosum Willd. - Killarney Fern


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Distribution:
Recently discovered at Castle Clough (SD73V, AD Headley, 1998) & Moor Isles Clough (SD83H, AD Headley, 1998); Healey Dell (SD81X, M Newton, n.d.).

Habitat:
Deep crevices in shady wooded cloughs.

Taxon Designation:
Wildlife & Countryside Act Schedule 8; UK BAP Priority Species; Nationally Rare; Species of Conservation Importance in North West England; Lancashire BAP Provisional Long List; South Lancashire Axiophyte.

Comments:
Rare. Plants are only known to occur as the gametophyte.