wild flowers in fife & kinross - Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

PTEROPSIDA
Ophioglossum vulgatum Adder’s Tongue
Very local, declining; Lomonds.
Botrychium lunaria Moonwort
Widespread but very local, rather transient; Lomonds.
(Osmunda regalis Royal Fern)
Extinct as a native (1870); very rarely planted.
Cryptogramma crispa Parsley Fern
Rare in two sites: Glen Queich, and recently rediscovered on Lomonds.
Pilularia globulifera Pillwort
Very rare, only in Moor Loch near Kincardine but not seen since 1982 (VC87)
[Hymenophyllum tunbridgense Tunbridge Filmy Fern]
Error.
Hymenophyllum wilsonii Wilson’s Filmy Fern
Extinct on Lomonds (1872), still in Glen Queich.
Polypodium vulgare Polypody
Common on walls and rocks.
Polypodium interjectum Intermediate Polypody
Widespread but probably somewhat scarce.
(Polypodium cambricum Southern Polypody)
Near Aberdour, 1859: extinct, or error?
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken
Very common, unfortunately increasing.
Phegopteris connectilis Beech Fern
Uncommon, mainly in Kinross and on Lomonds.
Oreopteris limbosperma Lemon-scented Fern
Local in or beside moory grassland and open woodland.
Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart’s Tongue
Local in dens and on walls, doubtfully native; abundant at Cambo.
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Black Spleenwort
Widespread but local on walls and rocks, never in quantity.